Chapter 5094: Solar Perpetual Motion Car

Be Lin Feng’s enemy?

This requires a lot of courage. At least for most people, it is difficult to muster the courage to become Lin Feng's enemy. What's more, the price offered by Lin Feng is really tempting. 500 million US dollars to buy his controlling stake. It would be difficult for him to refuse.

Then there is only a deal!

"Mr. Lin, they say it's better to be your friend than your enemy! Deal!" Elon Musk held Lin Feng's hand.

"Indeed, I only have four words for my friends - treat my enemies with sincerity, and one sentence for my enemies - the autumn wind sweeps away the fallen leaves!" Lin Feng chuckled, "Thank you Mr. Musk for your adult beauty!"

"Mr. Lin, I have another premise, that is, I hope to retain a little share. I want to see where Tesla will eventually go under the leadership of Mr. Lin!" Elon Musk pleaded. .

"Of course, that's what I wish for!" Lin Feng smiled slightly.

All he wants is a controlling stake, and Elon Musk holds 73% of Tesla's shares, so he only needs 51%. Of course, after paying US$500 million, Lin Feng finally got 70% of the shares, leaving 3% for Elon Musk. After all, Elon Musk has paid a lot for Tesla in the past four years to enable mass production. The only dilemma at present is that the cost is too high. The pre-sale price was originally US$100,000, but now the cost price is US$120,000!

How much is it? Sell ​​one, lose one.

"Mr. Lin, besides money, the company's biggest dilemma now is cost control. I wonder if you have any ideas?" Elon Musk asked.

Lin Feng smiled.

"About this, I think we have to wait for someone to come!" Lin Feng looked at his watch. "Well, he should be here!"

Waiting for someone? Elon Musk was in a daze, who else would Lin Feng bring into the game? But when he saw the person coming, he was stunned. This person he knew very well was Martin Eberhard, the founder of Tesla. He was originally an engineer, and he did not initially plan to establish a car company.

At first. Martin Eberhard just saw an electric car once developed by General Motors, the ev-1, and thought it would be good to use an electric car. It's just that after GM produced more than 2,000 ev-1s. I found that it was making ends meet and was losing money, so I closed it down. At that time, media people also wrote an article "Who Killed the Electric Car" to evaluate this matter.

after. Al Cocconi, the chief engineer involved in ev-1 at the time, was not willing to fail, and later independently developed the lead-acid battery vehicle t- for one person. For this t-, Martin Eberhard was very interested. I spent $150,000 and asked Al Cocconi to modify it with a lithium battery. After the first charge, it ran 480 kilometers.

This made Martin Eberhard interested in making electric cars. But Al-Kokoni is not too interested in it. He can customize it privately, but he is not willing to build a company. So eventually Martin Eberhard founded Tesla.

However, there was a lack of funds, and Elon Musk was later invited to invest in the company. Elon Musk became the largest shareholder and asked for the chairmanship and management rights. As for Martin Eberhard, he became a member of the company. Unfortunately, in recent years, cost control has not been ideal. It was originally thought that manufacturing a Tesla would only cost US$70,000. As a result, the cost was as high as $120,000. so. Elon Musk fired Martin Eberhard in anger. Today, although Martin Eberhard still holds some shares,

But he didn't work in the company. And it is reported that his shares have been sold to Google's Sergey Brin and eBay's Jeff Skoll. Of course, under the current situation, the two companies also wanted to inject capital, but Elon Musk refused.

Unexpectedly, even after rejecting Sergey Brin, Elon Musk still failed to reject Lin Feng. Of course, this is all a done deal. Now Elon Musk is concerned about how Lin Feng solves the cost problem.

"As for the cost issue, it's very simple, increase the price!" Lin Feng said easily.

Price increase? Elon Musk and Martin Eberhard both look black. The original reservation price was 100,000, but they raised it to 110,000. Many customers complained, and many even had the nerve to unsubscribe, and even increased the price... and they still can't sell it!

"Martin, your original idea is very good. Selling environmental protection concepts can indeed attract some successful people to buy, but you can't make money just by relying on this. Since we are playing with concepts, we must go High-end line! "Lin Feng said, "How many rich people are there in the world now? What do they care about? It's the concept! Since Tesla is not a car sold to ordinary people, then the concept of electric cars will be hyped to the end. !”

Martin Eberhard and Elon Musk both frowned. They naturally understand this concept of hype. But Tesla’s only concept that can be hyped is electric vehicles and environmental protection concepts. What else is there to hype?

Lin Feng chuckled, then took out paper and pen and drew a model.

As soon as Martin Eberhard saw it, he understood what it was and shouted, "Perpetual motion machine!"

A perpetual motion machine is a type of machine that can continuously move and do work without external input of energy, energy, or only one heat source. A machine that can do work forever without consuming energy violates the law of conservation of energy, so it is called the "first type of perpetual motion machine". A machine that continuously absorbs heat from seawater or air in nature and continuously converts it into mechanical energy without a temperature difference. It violates the second law of thermodynamics, so it is called a "second type of perpetual motion machine."

"What we are going to do is the second type of perpetual motion machine! This is our biggest gimmick!" Lin Feng chuckled, "Boy, when the concept of perpetual motion machine is introduced, how many people do you think will pay for it?"

Martin Eberhard immediately became excited. To be honest, he was very unwilling to be kicked out of Tesla. Now that he has a chance to come back, he is very happy. Even though he doesn't own shares now, he is still happy. In particular, the concept of the second type of perpetual motion machine proposed by Lin Feng, he believes will be very attractive.

Elon Musk also strongly agrees with the concept of hype. What today's rich people like most is to play with concepts. They don't care about the price, they just care about whether it is unique and whether others can't buy it. This is the most important thing.

Solar powered car! Under this concept, Tesla instantly became a hot topic of discussion. Originally, the concept of Tesla's electric environmentally friendly car attracted great attention from the outside world, but now that the concept of a solar-powered perpetual vehicle has been launched, it is even more attractive.

Perpetual motion is an incredible thing in physics. And now that it's come true, it's incredible. Although Tesla also announced that due to the launch of solar perpetual motion machines, Tesla will postpone its launch and will only accept reservations. Its price has also increased from the original US$110,000 to a high price of US$250,000!

US$250,000 is enough to buy a Ferrari 458 in the United States, because a brand new Ferrari 458 is sold for US$250,000! This price points Tesla’s target directly to the Ferrari 458!

Will anyone respond? Yes, not only there are, but there are many.

There are many rich people in this world, and they don't care about spending $250,000 to buy a car. US$250,000 is an astronomical figure for poor people, but for rich people, it is really just pocket money. And spending a little pocket money to buy today's unique "solar-powered perpetual motion car" is a very cost-effective and interesting thing for wealthy people.

So the orders came in almost like snowflakes. In less than six hours, almost half of the people in Silicon Valley had ordered a ‘solar-powered perpetual motion car’. In other countries around the world, there are even more orders from wealthy people.

The solar-powered perpetual motion car is too much of a gimmick.

And because Lin Feng launched a solar-powered perpetual motion vehicle, international oil prices fell even more. Originally, OPEC wanted to suppress the price of oil to US$70 to compete with new energy sources and make everyone feel that fuel vehicles are not expensive at all. But when the concept of this solar-powered perpetual vehicle was launched, the price of oil plummeted to $60! This is a bit unbearable.

Arab sheikhs such as Zaid and Al Thani were even more frightened and angry. Before, it was just solar cars, but now they are launching perpetual motion cars. Isn’t it such an exaggeration? Is this solar technology so powerful? If this is the case, then who will buy their oil! Since a solar-powered perpetual motion car can be used, it is natural that a solar-powered perpetual motion machine can be used. When the time comes, who will need oil? And if no one buys oil, they will just be a group of local tycoons, and they will not become the Arab oil sheiks that everyone envies now.

Damn it, aren't those people jealous? Zaid and other chiefs gritted their teeth.

If this is really developed, they will be doomed!

But is this solar perpetual motion machine possible? How can there be such an exaggeration!

Indeed, this sounds a bit exaggerated. But it's not an exaggeration at all. In fact, with current solar technology and Tesla's battery technology, installing a 200kwh battery pack on each car in the early stage is enough to ensure that the car can run about 1,500 kilometers (enough to meet the needs of almost an absolute majority of the population) . According to the current solar technology that Lin Feng has mastered, it takes almost 4 days, that is, 16 hours of sunshine, to be fully charged.

However, Lin Feng had a compromise to solve this problem. (To be continued)