Chapter 511 Financing Proposal

Hearing this, Rulka showed a dumbfounded expression on his face. He never expected that Jiang Chen would notice his booth for this reason.

"...I can't afford it."

Hearing Rulka's honest answer, Jiang Chen's expression was a little strange. Although he expected that the company's financial situation would not be very good, he did not expect that they were already so poor.

"An electric car? I feel like your car is nothing special compared to other electric cars."

Seeing Jiang Chen talking about his product, Rulka immediately became energetic.

"No, Mr. Jiang Chen, you don't understand the uniqueness of our product. By using wireless charging technology, we eliminate the wiring port of the charging car. In this way, the car owner only needs to park the car in the designated charging parking space. Then the charging can be completed.”

"In other words, if we compare you to a mobile phone manufacturer, your advantage over other mobile phones is that you don't need a data cable for charging?" Jiang Chen teased.

Although he does not have a deep understanding of the automobile production industry, he still knows something about pure electric vehicles. There is no other reason, because in the end of the world, basically all electric vehicles will be used. It is a historical necessity that fossil fuel vehicles will be eliminated, just like the coal-burning steam vehicles in the past.

The technical difficulties in the development of modern pure electric vehicles mainly lie in the two aspects of endurance and charging time.

Let’s start with battery life. Under ideal circumstances, driving at a constant speed of 30 kilometers per hour, it is difficult for a pure electric vehicle to reach a cruising range of 300 kilometers. Such a short cruising range will undoubtedly bring great inconvenience to car owners, which is also the main reason for limiting the promotion of pure electric vehicles.

There is also the issue of charging time. Generally, the charging time of pure electric vehicles is between 7-8 hours. Although the currently widely used lithium iron carbonate batteries have a fast charging mode that can be fully charged in half an hour, the impact of high-power charging on battery life is quite serious, especially the heat generation cannot be underestimated. But when driving on the highway, you can't spend seven or eight hours leisurely waiting for the battery to be fully charged.

For many impatient people, the half-hour refueling time is already very tiring.

However, the Rulka Automobile Company has obviously set its technology tree a little off, and it has not made any achievements in the above two technical difficulties. Instead, it focuses on developing wireless charging technology. To put it nicely, it means being far-sighted, but to put it worst, it means learning to run before you even learn to walk.

But it was precisely because of this that the concept car launched by their company attracted Jiang Chen's attention. Because the car charging stations over there in the apocalypse happen to use wireless charging technology. Car owners only need to drive their cars to the designated parking space.

The charging service can be started by logging in to a mobile electronic device or vehicle computer with personal information.

Convenience is the advantage of wireless charging.

Hearing Jiang Chen's teasing, Rulka's face immediately showed an embarrassed expression.

"And I don't know if you have considered energy loss. I don't know much about cars, but as far as mobile phones are concerned, as far as I know, with the current wireless charging technology, the energy loss is also 30% in the best case." See Ruhr Jiang Chen smiled at the expression on Ka's face and continued.

Hearing Jiang Chen belittle his company's proud work, Rulka was immediately unhappy and retorted.

"You can't say that. The vehicle-mounted lithium battery designed by our company can shorten the charging time to 15 minutes! And it will not cause any loss of battery life."

A quarter of an hour?

This is an incredible ability. Jiang Chen looked at Rulka in surprise.

"Oh? How did you do it?"

Regarding Jiang Chen's questions, Rulka remained silent.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Jiang Chen felt somewhat confident. Not talking means that his solution does not require a lot of technical content. In other words, the technical difficulties in implementing it will not be great. If it was difficult to imitate, he would not be silent.

"Mr. Rulka, if you are not even willing to satisfy my curiosity, how can you expect me to be willing to pay for your products?" Jiang Chen said softly.

"Are you willing to invest in us?" A surprised expression flashed across Rulka's face.

"If your product can arouse my interest." Jiang Chen said in an indifferent tone.

Rulka struggled with the expression on his face for a moment, and finally sighed and spoke.

"Well, to be honest, although we registered 12 patents for this car, for the most critical creative aspect, the patent office rejected our patent documents. The reason for the rejection was simple. You cannot patent series-connected lithium batteries. Applying for a patent on a trivial matter... Well, by now, you should have understood."

Seeing the astonished expression on Jiang Chen's face, Rulka helplessly spread his hands.

"That's right. I have to say that your solution is very... creative." Jiang Chen said with shame.

Yes, he already understood Rulka's solution, which was to connect many lithium batteries in series and then connect a charging module to the base of each battery. Because of wireless charging technology, the charging base station can easily charge N lithium batteries connected in series in the car at the same time. This approach can indeed shorten the charging time. But the shortcomings are also so obvious that it makes people unable to complain.

"...But I wonder if you have considered the cost? There is also the size of the battery, and each battery should be equipped with a charging module." Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask.

Speaking of this issue, Rulka had a touch of pride on his face, "This has to be mentioned about the KS-12 integrated battery designed by our company. This is almost the core of our entire vehicle technology! It consists of 8 Composed of two independent lithium battery units, the total power storage can reach 40 kilowatt-hours, and the cruising range exceeds 180 kilometers!”

This data is very average compared to the current pure electric vehicles on the market, but the two advantages of wireless charging and fast charging can add a lot of points to it.

But there is one most critical issue that Rulka did not mention, and that is cost.

"What about the cost?" Jiang Chen repeated the most critical question.

Rulka's expression became embarrassed again, and his eyes glanced to the side.

"Of course, cost is indeed an issue, but our technicians have come up with improvement plans. If we can obtain an investment, we are confident that we can reduce the cost to a reasonable range."

Hearing this, Jiang Chen had a playful expression on his face.

Typically, electric vehicles are twice as expensive as gasoline vehicles with the same performance. Judging from Rulka's expression, the price-performance ratio of this car is probably a bit pitiful.

"Can I ask the price of this car?"

After hesitating for a moment, Rulka answered truthfully, "If mass-produced, the cost would be around US$700,000."

"How many people do you think will pay for your car?" Jiang Chen asked with a smile.

Rulka smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Jiang Chen, if you have been chatting with me for so long just to ridicule me, your purpose has been achieved."

"Then you are destined to be disappointed. I am not trying to ridicule you, but I am very interested in your company...or technology." After a pause, Jiang Chen handed over the business card in his hand with a smile, "So, what are you interested in? Are you interested in a $100 million financing proposal?" (To be continued.)

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