After Mango Automobile was upgraded to Mango Group, as the president of the group subsidiary, Tang Xiang was able to bypass Gu Mingzhang and report directly to the big boss Zhang Shuo.

"Chairman, the number of reservations for Mango M1 has reached 6,572 units."

Upon arriving, Tang Xiang announced the good news first.

In fact, it is not a big surprise, which means that in addition to the pre-sales of 5,000 units on the first day, the total number of pre-sales in the following six days was less than 1,600 units.

Confirming Zhang Shuo’s previous judgment, the first day will be much higher than other periods.

But overall it's not bad.

"In the past week, Mango Charging Equipment Co., Ltd. has signed memorandums of cooperation on the construction of charging piles with more than a dozen cities including Modu, Jingshi, Yangcheng, Binhai City, Jiangxia, and Lin'an."

It can be seen that the more economically developed cities are, the more willing they are to embrace new energy vehicles.

Mango Charging Equipment Co., Ltd. is a newly registered secondary subsidiary of Mango Group. It is mainly responsible for the planning, design, construction and later operation and maintenance of charging piles.

besides.

After being upgraded to a group subsidiary, Mango Group also successively registered and established Mango Car Sales Co., Ltd., which is mainly responsible for the sales of Mango cars, including the operation and maintenance of offline experience centers.

Mango Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is mainly responsible for the assembly, production and manufacturing of Mango automobiles.

There are also a series of wholly-owned subsidiaries such as Mango Battery Co., Ltd., Mango Vision Co., Ltd., Mango Mold Co., Ltd., and Mango Power Co., Ltd.

Some are already in operation, some are still in preparation, and some are just to avoid being registered.

All in all, after the initial success of Mango M1, Mango Group is bound to use Mango M1 to make rapid progress in the field of new energy vehicles and strive to rebuild an automobile business empire in three to five years.

It's a big move, and naturally it costs a lot of money.

Before Mango M1 can actually achieve mass production, in order to maintain operations, R&D, production and other expenses, Mango Group estimates that it will need more than ten to two billion blood transfusions from the parent company every month.

It is far from as beautiful as described by the outside world.

After listening to Tang Xiang's report, Zhang Shuo also got down to the topic and said with a smile: "I have some ideas about the improved version of Mango M1, that is, the design of Mango M2."

According to plan, Mango Auto will launch the Mango M2 next year.

"You say!"

Tang Xiang immediately took out his small notebook.

"The first is the exterior design and interior of the vehicle. This does not need to be changed much. Just keep it as it is. Just make some improvements in the details based on the feedback from car owners."

Cars are different from mobile phones. Every time a new product is launched, the appearance needs to be completely changed.

For many old-brand cars, the classic front styling design can be used for more than ten years, or even longer, including the interior style, and classic models will be launched.

There is no need to change it frequently.

Specific to the field of new energy vehicles, Tessla is implementing a three-step strategy. After launching several models one after another, it finally launched the best-selling model 3.

Mango Auto is different, just skip the previous steps and get it right in one step.

The Mango Automobile M series itself is benchmarked against the original model 3. What needs to be done is to approach or even surpass the level of model 3 step by step through step-by-step improvements and technological innovation.

The key lies in cultivating internal strength.

"If there are really any big changes to the exterior design, we can consider introducing a panoramic sunroof, but it is not mandatory, but just gives consumers one more choice."

future.

In the field of new energy vehicles, panoramic window design is standard.

But this thing, if it is a sunny and windy day, it is naturally excellent. Not only does it have a wide field of vision, but you can also see the blue sky and white clouds when you look up, which is very comfortable.

But if you encounter sustained high temperature weather, you will suffer a lot.

No wonder.

The panoramic sunroof design will be criticized by netizens as the most ridiculous design.

That's why Zhang Shuo emphasized that the panoramic sunroof just gives consumers one more choice. The panoramic sunroof you choose has to endure no matter how stuffy or hot it is in order to beep, right?

"Aside from the appearance, the most important thing is to upgrade the configuration, such as the mango operating system."

Mango M1 is equipped with the mango2.0 assisted driving system. Because it is the first test model, due to safety considerations, many functions have been reduced and only the most mature modules are equipped.

Nor can it truly realize autonomous driving.

The intelligent driving system itself is the most difficult part to deal with. Think about the thunder that exploded in the original space-time special humidity, and you will know how pitiful it is. Is it okay if the brakes fail in minutes?

That's why the mango system takes safety as its top priority and would rather give up some functions temporarily.

But we can’t stand still.

Autonomous driving is not necessarily a future trend, but it at least represents a certain direction.

Moreover, as a major country in the Internet industry, apart from some underlying R&D in the Internet field, China is actually world-class at the application level in terms of technological innovation and talent pool.

This can also be regarded as Mango Auto’s local advantage.

In addition to the research and development of software platforms, the research and development of other hardware sensing devices such as cameras and lidar must also be kept up and not be stuck.

In my impression, only a few companies in China, such as Warwick, can independently produce lidar.

Like Tehula.

But it is a combination of multiple cameras and artificial intelligence.

Very stubborn!

Another example is the car chip that is matched with the operating system. Strictly speaking, the design of the Chitu Z1 chip is actually a bit hasty. In terms of performance indicators, it can only be considered unsatisfactory at best.

The main reason is that time is too tight.

After launching the Chitu Z1 chip, Zhulong Technology has simultaneously started the design work of the Chitu Z2 chip, and is bound to come up with more excellent works within a year.

Unlike mobile phone chips, automotive chips can be used between 14 and 40 nanometers.

Chitu chips will all be 40nm chips. After the Luzhou factory of Weijing Semiconductor is completed and put into production, it can be transferred to Weijing Semiconductor for foundry.

Thus achieving 100% self-sufficiency in vehicle chips.

"The most important thing is to increase the cruising range of the battery. The maximum cruising range of the Mango M2 must be increased from kilometers to at least 325 kilometers."

The range anxiety of new energy vehicles has not been truly resolved in 22 years.

In order to increase battery life, car companies such as BYD focus on hybrid power, that is, oil-burning engine and pure electric motor dual drive. The system will automatically switch between engine drive, electric drive, or engine power supply according to different road conditions and driving speeds.

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There is also a category like Warwick, which adopts the extended-range model.

The so-called extended range means to increase the mileage and install an engine on the vehicle - but the engine does not participate in driving and is only used to generate electricity. The power of the vehicle is completely provided by the battery and motor.

It's a bit of a rush to take off your pants and show off your skin.

The technical path chosen by Zhang Shuo for Mango Automobile is because it is taking the mid-to-high-end route and insists on making pure electric vehicles like Tesla. We cannot just do three or four because of temporary technical barriers.

Pure electricity——

He has always been at the top of the contempt chain for new energy vehicles.

For example, BYAT of the original time and space has indeed made great achievements in the mid-to-low-end market by relying on hybrid power. Its global sales even reached the top for a time, surpassing the arrogant Teshila.

But in terms of brand recognition and profits, it is still unable to compete with Tessila.

It is somewhat similar to Xiaomi and Pingguo in the mobile phone industry.

Of course.

Because BYD has mastered core technologies such as batteries, it is much better than Xiaomi.

It’s just that the brand marketing is not good enough.

Compared with Tesla, the advantage of Mango Group is that it has reached strategic cooperation with Linde New Energy from the beginning. The main purpose of establishing Mango Battery Co., Ltd. is also to conduct joint research and development with Linde New Energy.

Ensure that Linde New Energy conducts targeted battery research and development based on the characteristics of Mango cars.

This confidence is not only because Germinal Group is the largest shareholder of Linde New Energy, but also because Mango Group is Linde New Energy's largest customer.

Naturally, they will receive special treatment.

In addition to these major improvements, there are others such as the research and development of fast charging piles, the equipment research and development of super factories, the research and development and innovation of key components such as motors, etc.

In a word.

Although Mango Motors acquired more than a dozen related R&D institutions at the beginning of its establishment, it still has major shortcomings in technology accumulation and needs to continue to make breakthroughs.

You can’t slack off even for a moment!

In the future, we will continue to expand the size of the R&D team through acquisitions, recruitment, etc.

"Don't worry, Chairman. After I get back, I will hold a senior management meeting to convey the spirit of your instructions." With the instructions from the big boss, Tang Xiang was half relieved.

Although the task is arduous, the path is clear and you are full of motivation in an instant, right?

"Do your best, I believe in you!"

Zhang Shuo has a very good eye for people. Tang Xiang may not be a very qualified entrepreneur, but he is definitely a qualified or even excellent professional manager.

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To be continued...