"What about the number of recharges and battery capacity …"
"That's even easier to solve. Since the mileage of different batteries can't be synchronized, we might as well not charge based on the number of times we change batteries. We'll just sell mileage directly!" Boss Jia quickly and confidently said, "Customers can buy mileage directly from our power station."
"Our minimum mileage will be 100 kilometers. Within the mileage purchased, customers can change batteries as many times as they want until their car reaches the required mileage!"
"Of course, we can also set a minimum mileage change limit. For example, the minimum mileage of a battery set is 30 kilometers, then we'll limit it to 10 kilometers. Every time we change batteries, we'll have to be at least 10 kilometers apart. This will prevent people from wasting our time by coming here to change batteries even though they haven't driven very far."
"But I also believe that other than a few idiots, no one would be so bored as to go to the power station every day to change batteries. After all, it takes miles to make a special trip to the power station!"
"At the same time, we'll also have to set a stricter limit on the battery capacity of the power station. Once the battery capacity drops below the 50% limit, it'll be decommissioned and sent back to the factory to be recycled."
"Yes!"
"Chairman, now that these two problems have been solved, there are only two left. As long as these two problems are solved, there will be no more obstacles in our electric scooter business!" Wang Chuanfu's expression was both hopeful and hesitant as he spoke.
"The two problems you mentioned are the battery model and the construction cost of the power station!" Boss Jia said directly.
"Yes, so the chairman has already thought it through!" Wang Chuanfu sighed. "I've calculated it. I calculated it all last night. Without considering the land, the cost of building a power station is about 200 thousand RMB. But if we include the fully automatic battery change, charging vacuum box, and other equipment that we just discussed, then the construction cost of a power station could reach 500 thousand RMB! "
"If we include the battery reserve required for a power station, then the actual construction cost would be about 700 thousand RMB!"
"There are a total of 68 thousand gas stations in the country, so our power station needs to be at least of the same scale. If we consider the current battery range of 300 kilometers, then the number of power stations would be even higher. I'm afraid we'll need 100 thousand to cover the entire country. "
"If that's the case, that's a huge investment of 70 billion RMB!"
"This doesn't include the cost of land, personnel, and gas stations. If all these are included, BYD will definitely not be able to afford it. We can only ask the head office to help us."
"And this is just the cost of investing in the country. Our cars will definitely be sold all over the world in the future. Then, if the world wants to build our gas stations, I'm afraid that the funds required will be even greater. It will be a huge sum of hundreds of billions of dollars."
"Originally, I wanted to introduce a franchise system and bring in local capital to build our standard power station. That way, we wouldn't need to invest too much money."
"This idea might work in the future, but it won't work now. Unless half of the cars on the road are electric scooters, no one will be willing to invest in it. This power station will definitely lose money in the early stages. We can only support it with our own funds!"
"But if our business fails, and the sales of the scooters aren't as good as expected, then all the money we've invested will go down the drain!" Wang Chuanfu said as he peeked at Boss Jia's expression.
In the end, he found that even when he said that the total construction cost was 70 billion RMB, Boss Jia's face didn't even twitch. Wang Chuanfu couldn't help but sigh. The chairman was indeed the chairman. This calm attitude was something that he had to learn for the rest of his life.
However, what Wang Chuanfu didn't know was that when Boss Jia heard the figure of 70 billion RMB, he was very surprised.
"What! Only 70 billion RMB, not even 10 billion USD in total, and we can cover the entire Hua Xia with the power station? This is too cheap! "This was Boss Jia's true thought when he heard the figure of 70 billion RMB.
"Chairman, what do you think?" Wang Chuanfu asked softly after he finished speaking.
"There's nothing to see!" Boss Jia waved his hand. "We don't need to invest so much money in the early stages. I think we should use Xijiang Province as the experimental base first. After the first batch of scooters is completed, we can only sell them in Xijiang Province. At the same time, we can only build them in Xijiang Province's highways and major cities. "
"In that case, about 4000 power stations will be enough. We can start the experiment in Xijiang Province now and see if the scooters really meet the needs of the people of Xijiang Province. If the results are good, it won't be too late to promote them to the whole country!" Boss Jia said with a smile. "To borrow a famous saying from a great man, we can start with the experimental fields first and cross the river by feeling the stones!"
"Chairman, you're right!" Wang Chuanfu nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "But chairman, what if there are a variety of batteries in the future, and the power stations can't be replaced at the same time?"
"This is simple, as long as we're fast enough!"
"Fast enough?"
"Yes, after the experiment in Xijiang Province is successful, we can't have any hesitation. The first thing we can do is to start the construction of power stations in Hua Xia, and even in major countries all over the world."
"Within three years, all major countries and cities all over the world must build a large number of power stations, and the power stations will be set up all over the world!"
"That's crazy! How much will it cost?" Wang Chuanfu was shocked. How many zeros will it cost to build power stations all over the world?
"Because this is the only way to solve the previous problem, which is the problem of the different battery models all over the world being in a mess and unable to be used at the same time!" Boss Jia laughed. "Once our scooter is successful, the other automobile manufacturers all over the world will understand that scooters are the future, and they will also build their own scooters."
"Within two to three years, all the major automobile manufacturers all over the world will launch their own scooters. At that time, we must make our battery standard the world's standard. All the major automobile manufacturers must use our standard car batteries! "
"To achieve this goal, we must be the first to build power stations all over the world, and all the power stations can only replace our one standard battery."
"Once this goal is achieved, the other automobile manufacturers all over the world will have to follow our standards no matter how unwilling they are."
"What if they don't agree?" Wang Chuanfu asked.
"It's simple. Don't come to our power station to change the electricity. They can build their own power station!" Boss Jia smiled. "Our standards are the world's standards." Whoever doesn't follow our standards will not even have the right to enter the market! "
"This is just like the USB port of a PC. No one will buy a PC that doesn't have a USB port!"
"The power stations are in our hands, and we control the entire world's scooter industry. Who dares to disobey us?!"
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