As of today, Ye Qing had built a total of 1,000 plasma batteries.
Watcher No. 3 and Watcher Type X had been replaced with plasma battery energy, and now they could work without worry for a day. At the same time, Ye Qing was also researching derivatives of flashlight plasma batteries.
Like the dream display, simply selling displays or batteries was not the best choice.
Integrating the display into the phone or integrating the battery into a product to create more economic value was the first choice.
However, Ye Qing was now facing a problem...
The industrial materials for making plasma batteries were not enough.
Just like carbon elements could be converted into diamonds, the plasma battery converter also had this magical technological ability to change the characteristics of materials. However, unlike carbon elements that could be seen everywhere, the conversion materials of plasma batteries required the application of a variety of metals and compounds, including several rare metals.
Among them, dysprosium metal was the most scarce.
Other metals were okay, they were a little more expensive, but the supply on the market was still adequate. However, dysprosium metal was a rare metal with limited market share. There was no way to buy a large amount of rare metals with money.
Perhaps most people had never heard of this name.
It was ranked No. 66 on the periodic table of elements, and there was only one description of it on the periodic table: "Very difficult to get."
Dysprosium was a silver-white metal with a soft texture and superconductivity close to absolute zero. Before the outbreak of the electronic revolution, dysprosium was basically useless. However, as technology became more and more advanced, more and more uses of dysprosium were developed.
It could be used to make permanent magnets, to make new types of light source luminaries, to add to nuclear reactors to play a controlling role, and as a catalyst, etc.
Now, it had one more function — acting as one of the main materials of plasma batteries.
The market price of dysprosium metal was 1,600 per kilogram, and a standard plasma battery required one kilogram of dysprosium metal.
The company had previously searched for a ton of dysprosium metal, which had caused its price to rise by 20%. Now, if they were to order again, the Hua Xia rare metal market said that if they were to order in large quantities, there would be a shortage of dysprosium metal. Other factories with demand would not be able to obtain enough dysprosium metal for production and processing.
This was not a matter of money. Dysprosium metal was mostly in monazite, and the production capacity was only so much. Monster Heavy Industries suddenly needed a large amount of dysprosium metal, and naturally, there was no way to meet it in a short time.
Of course, Ye Qing could also create a smaller version of the plasma battery by reducing the ratio of dysprosium. The metal dysprosium plays a catalytic role in it. The minimum requirement is 1%, and the best requirement is 10%.
Hua Xia stored the most monazite minerals. Monster Heavy Industries had applied to the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources to see if they could expand the production capacity of dysprosium metal.
However, this problem couldn't be solved in a short period of time. Ye Qing planned to develop a derivative of the plasma battery first.
The energy density was eight times that of the current mature lithium batteries. What could it be used for?
It would definitely be applied to the magic crystal phone, but it would have to wait for the next version to be launched. Moreover, this was also a bonus. The size of the cell phone's battery was too small. It was enough to improve the competitiveness of the magic crystal mobile phones. If he wanted to make a lot of money, he had to find a plasma battery that could fit a larger volume.
Naturally, Ye Qing set his sights on the currently very popular alternative energy vehicles!
A three-compartment car had to be equipped with at least four standard sized plasma batteries, and eight miniature plasma batteries.
This was a goal that made Ye Qing excited just thinking about it. Hua Xia was the world's largest car market. However, almost all of the high-end models above 150,000 yuan were controlled by foreign companies.
Volkswagen, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz. Which one of them wasn't famous and dominated the amazing car sales market in Hua Xia?
A few years ago, domestic family cars were difficult to survive. In recent years, domestic independent brands had made a name for themselves in the low-end models. However, the car market above 150,000 yuan was still completely lost.
How exciting would it be if a mid-to-high-end car was launched and these foreign brands slowly made a name for themselves?
He wasn't sure before, but after the plasma battery came out, Ye Qing was confident.
Coupled with the sixth stage of the electromagnetic engine black technology, Monster Heavy Industries would have no problem occupying all the mid-to-high-end car market from 200,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan. When the reputation of the car was built, luxury cars above 1 million yuan would be launched, and all the foreign car brands would vomit 30,000 liters of blood.
He had the technology, and he was also applying for the qualification to produce family cars. Ye Qing was still short of the car's styling technology and interior design.
"Boss, what do you think of this appearance?" In the secret laboratory under the Monster Industries building, Dian Jing spent half an hour drawing a three-compartment car according to her aesthetic.
This was a cool three-compartment car with avant-garde design, the front air intake was eliminated, only the air cooling intakes were left on both sides, the front spoiler, side skirts, and the rear diffuser were installed.
The front logo was naturally a majestic and mysterious metal monster, with four doors and a panoramic skylight. The rendering also used a suspended design, so that the windows on both sides of the car and the three door pillars were integrated into one, full of a science fiction feeling.
"The appearance is okay, let's make it first." Ye Qing, who was setting the power layout, nodded slightly.
Dian Jing quickly marked the size parameters, and the materials expert over there used a fast 3D printer to print the same size of the composite plastic car shell in less than half an hour.
The computer automatically mixed the color of the paint, and when the painting was finished, the materials master lifted it to the open space in front of Ye Qing.
There were five other car shell models of different shapes and sizes placed there as well. Among them, there was also a model shell of an SUV. It looked like a steel man with thick edges and corners, and the height of the body was close to half a meter high. At first glance, people would associate it with the majestic monster on the Monster Heavy Industries icon.
"But how about the color glass design, boss?" After the appearance rendering, Dian Jing bulged the details of the car. "It's the kind of technology that can automatically color all the glass, including the front windshield."
"I checked on the Internet. 99% of the people in Hua Xia who buy cars will go to car beauty shops and put a colored glass film on the glass."
Its question made Ye Qing cough a little awkwardly.
Because from the first Wuling Light to the current Lagonda and Mercedes-Benz, Ye Qing has put a film on the glass.
"It's a cool design. The purpose of our human film is to block the dazzling sunlight, reduce the temperature in the car in summer, and also to protect privacy. But at night, the colored glass film becomes a burden. It reduces the brightness of the outside scene and makes people unable to see the road clearly. "
"Color changing glass can be listed as one of the necessary technologies, and all models must be equipped with it. And there must be a variety of color changes, filtering ultraviolet rays, filtering the brightness of the high beam and strong light. "
"What about autopilot?"
Dian Jing proudly shook its head. "My teacher and I have studied image recognition technology in depth before. The Watcher No. 1 that can play LOL relies on image recognition to operate. If this technology is applied to autopilot, it is guaranteed to crush all autopilot technologies. "
"So powerful?" Ye Qing was a little surprised. Its teacher was naturally the Real Eye. Speaking of which, Dian Jing was able to advance by leaps and bounds in electronic information technology. Ye Qing had to thank him for his selfless teaching credit.
"Yes, yes!" Dian Jing's ears were raised higher.
"Well, we can study it."
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