The last time BYD faced a crisis, it was because BYD's eco-friendly electric motorcycles could not make money. This time, the root cause of BYD's crisis was indeed because the eco-friendly electric motorcycles could make too much money. They made so much money that all the other competitors were about to go crazy with jealousy.
After introducing the new eco-friendly heavy-duty electric motorcycles, they had already dominated all the motorcycle competitions in the whole country with electric motorcycles. In the end, they had no choice but to be kicked out of the competition and set a rule that electric motorcycles were never allowed to participate in motorcycle competitions. BYD's eco-friendly electric motorcycles had already gained momentum.
The real reason why eco-friendly electric motorcycles began to crazily occupy the entire motorcycle market was a traffic regulation by the United States government.
I don't know if everyone still remembers, but at the beginning of this year, Boss Jia and Wang Chuanfu were riding eco-friendly electric motorcycles on the streets together. Then, they encountered a forced motorcycle competition. In the end, because both sides drove into the main road, the competition was forcibly stopped by the police.
In the end, the police had to intervene. The fundamental reason was that according to the laws of the United States, except for motorcycles used by the police, civilian motorcycles were not allowed to drive on the busy main road.
The reason for such a law was very simple. It was because it was very dangerous. In history, there had been many collisions between motorcycles and cars, resulting in motorcycle drivers falling down and directly falling to their deaths.
Because compared to car accidents, the fatality rate of motorcycle traffic accidents was much higher. Therefore, for safety reasons, although it was not the whole country, most states in the United States had written regulations that prohibited motorcycles from driving on the main road.
Every city in Hua Xia also had motorcycle restrictions, and the reasons were similar.
This regulation seemed to be just a small regulation, but in fact, it choked off the development of motorcycles.
After all, except for those loyal motorcycle enthusiasts, the ultimate purpose of ordinary people buying motorcycles was to use them as a means of transportation. However, if motorcycles were banned from most of the streets in the city, then motorcycles would not be able to play the role of a means of transportation. Instead, they would become a burden. This caused motorcycles in the United States to be unable to become a popular means of transportation in the whole country like the electric motorcycles in Hua Xia.
After all, if all regulations were really released, motorcycles could still be favored by many ordinary people with their petite size and the ability to shuttle freely in big traffic jams.
There were many people in Hua Xia. Even though they had a car at home, they would rather ride an electric scooter on the streets. It was because the roads were too congested, and cars were not as convenient as scooters in the alleys.
But soon, the users of the eco-friendly electric motorcycle realized that the eco-friendly electric motorcycle didn't have such a problem.
That was because the rules were for motorcycles, not electric motorcycles.
According to the definition of laws and regulations, all small single-person vehicles powered by internal combustion engines were considered motorcycles.
However, electric motorcycles used electric motors and had nothing to do with internal combustion engines. They were completely different from motorcycles that were prohibited by law.
The most important thing was that after the American Motorcycle Association announced that the eco-friendly electric motorcycle was no longer a motorcycle brand, BYD's eco-friendly electric motorcycle was renamed to Tesla. Even the name had nothing to do with motorcycles.
Oh, I'm sorry. I shouldn't call this an eco-friendly electric motorcycle in the future. I should call it Tesla!
In any case, Tesla had completely severed all ties with motorcycles. Hence, Tesla could go on the streets without any scruples.
At first, it didn't have any impact. But when many office workers came out of the subway station with sweat all over their bodies, they had to walk for more than ten minutes or even dozens of minutes to get to their companies.
Some of them were stuck in traffic, looking at their watches anxiously while looking at the people riding Teslas around them. They were smiling and moving freely through the traffic. Since New York, the United States people's thoughts began to change.
Especially Wang Chuanfu. After experiencing the previous failure, he paid special attention to the market. He constantly carried out market research and grasped the changes in the market. His sensitivity to the market had reached an amazing level.
This guy quickly found a business opportunity. Hence, in addition to the original eco-friendly heavy-duty Tesla, he directly launched the eco-friendly light-duty Tesla. The speed was very fast. It took less than a week from the idea to the market.
Some people might find it strange. Even if the idea was immediately produced, it was impossible to launch it in the market within a week!
But don't forget that when BYD's Tesla was first shipped to the United States, it was the kind of light-duty electric bike that we remembered. But later, in order to fit the market, they specially produced a heavy-duty version. The 300,000 light-duty Teslas that were shipped previously were piled up in the warehouse.
In the end, these things that people thought would eventually become waste products and be dismantled actually played a role. Wang Chuanfu sneaked them out of the warehouse.
As long as the packaging and instructions were changed, it would be the newly developed light-duty Tesla.
Because the size of this Tesla was several times smaller than the heavy-duty Tesla, it was more convenient for it to come and go freely on the tide-like streets, shuttling between various gaps.
As for the parking and charging problems that previously restricted Tesla, they were also solved.
First of all, the wisdom of the United States people was infinite. They found a lot of parking ways by themselves. Whether it was the back door of a shop, the door of an apartment, anywhere where a bicycle could be parked, the Tesla could be parked.
After all, like the previous regulations, those restrictions on parking were for motorcycles. There were no restrictions on bicycles, which conveniently benefited the Tesla.
As for the more troublesome part of the office building, Wang Chuanfu took the initiative to do a lot of work. For example, he negotiated with the property owners of various office buildings, or simply rented a few parking spaces in the underground garage all year round to create a special parking area for electric bikes, specifically for these light-duty electric bikes.
Because the size of the electric bike was very small, a few parking spaces were enough to accommodate dozens of electric bikes. Wang Chuanfu also specially arranged for people to install charging plugs in these spaces, which could provide convenient charging for all the electric bikes.
In addition, the light-duty electric bike also increased its endurance. It was a simple and crude addition of a set of batteries, which increased the endurance of the light-duty electric bike from 30 kilometers to about 50 kilometers. Even if it couldn't be charged under the company building, it could be taken home to charge.
All in all, many of the difficulties that previously prevented office workers from buying a light-duty Tesla were eliminated, and the light-duty Tesla's ability to get rid of the restrictions of crowded cities was infinitely magnified.
More importantly, the new Tesla was cheap. It didn't cost a few thousand dollars, or even a thousand dollars. It could be taken home for only 799 dollars, which was cheaper than a mobile phone. This light-duty Tesla was completely popular.
Starting from New York, it spread to the whole country at an extremely fast speed. Wang Chuanfu's previous 300,000 light-duty Teslas were all sold out in just over a month. After that, cargo ships from Hua Xia to the United States shipped a large number of light-duty Teslas over one after another.
By the end of August, the light-duty Tesla actually sold a total of 1.5 million units in the United States, which had surpassed the sales of the heavy-duty Tesla and became the king of sales, bringing unimaginable profits to BYD.
In time, the United States would turn from an automobile kingdom to an electric bike kingdom, and it wouldn't be impossible for it to become like Hua Xia ten years later!
For a time, some media even crowned Wang Chuanfu with the title of changing the transportation history of the United States, with unlimited glory!
However, the tallest tree in the forest would be destroyed by the wind, let alone a foreigner like Wang Chuanfu. Therefore, the United States Motorcycle Association began to take action.
But this time, they didn't play any commercial tricks, but directly went the route of the higher-ups.
At the beginning of September, an order from the Black Palace came down, asking all the United States to immediately set laws to ban Tesla from the road.
This made Wang Chuanfu dumbfounded. Wang Chuanfu wanted to compete with his opponent in business, but his opponent wanted to directly dig him out of the ground.
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