Chapter 208 BYD comes for help, unexpected decision

Author: Rabbit who loves drinking black tea

Chapter 208 BYD comes for help, unexpected decision

China was unable to develop a qualified passenger car engine in its early days due to various reasons.

The first is insufficient technological accumulation.

Engine research and development requires a long period of technical accumulation and experience learning, such as ECU parameter settings. Without sufficient data accumulation, the settings are not good.

However, China lacked sufficient accumulation and experience in engine technology in the early days, so it was difficult to develop qualified engines.

The second is insufficient capital investment.

Engine research and development is a high-risk, high-investment field that requires huge capital investment to promote technological development.

However, domestic investment in engine technology in the early stage of economic development was relatively small, and many companies would rather use the limited funds to directly purchase engines than to conduct research and development. As a result, they would naturally not be able to develop qualified engines.

Then there is the lack of talent.

Engine research and development requires high-quality talents, but the country lacked sufficient investment in talent training in the early days, resulting in a shortage of excellent talents, which also restricted the development of engine technology.

Of course, backward management is also a reason.

There are many parts involved in the engine, and R&D requires an efficient management system. However, there were many problems in domestic enterprise management in the early days, which resulted in backward management levels and affected the engine R&D and production process.

Originally, BYD wanted to break industry conventions and build its own engines.

However, Liang Chuanqing had made it very clear to Wang Fu that this matter would not be settled in a short time.

As a result, BYD doesn't have many choices.

With the idea of ​​treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor, Wang Fu and Liang Chuanqing came to Nanshan.

As strategic partners, it is naturally very simple for Wang Fu and others to meet Cao Yang.

"Mr. Cao, I'm here to ask you for help today!"

The first thing Wang Fu said when he saw Cao Yang, he stated his purpose straight to the point.

At their level, everyone has a trusting relationship, so there is no need to beat around the bush when talking.

"Mr. Wang, BYD and Nanshan are strategic partners. If you need help from each other, just ask!"

"As long as Nanshan can help, we will fully support it."

“If Nanshan can’t handle it now, let’s create conditions to handle it!”

Everyone can say nice things.

Cao Yang is now very familiar with this routine.

He had originally intended to cooperate with BYD to promote Nanshan's various new parts, and he naturally hoped that BYD's F6 would be successful.

Wang Fu came to find him, it was just that the F6 project had encountered a problem.

Cao Yang could guess this without asking much.

"With your words, Mr. Cao, I feel a lot more relieved!"

"To be honest, our F6 model's engine development schedule is seriously behind schedule."

"Although a batch of engine prototypes have been produced, there is still a long way to go before large-scale mass production."

"However, during this process, we also discovered that the parts produced by Nanshan have very excellent performance."

"Whether it's the ECU, the crankshaft bearing, or the starter, no part is out of order."

"I just don't know if Nanshan has any plans to research engines on its own or cooperate with BYD on engine research?"

Wang Fu directly stated his purpose.

BYD is currently unable to handle the engine project and needs cooperation from Nanshan.

This is really a sleepy moment when I hit the pillow.

Nanshan's performance last year was so good entirely due to the gearbox project.

As the most important component of a car, if the engine project can be launched, it may be even more exciting than the gearbox project.

So Cao Yang is considering setting up a project to build an engine.

I just haven't thought about what kind of engine I want.

"Mr. Wang, you have come to the right place. Nanshan's engine project has just been approved. We are thinking about how to find potential customers to promote its use. I didn't expect that you would have such demand."

Cao Yang does not want to engage in any cooperative research and development with BYD.

If you want an engine, I'll sell it to you.

Of course, he also knew that in the future, various OEMs would definitely produce parts like engines themselves.

How long you can earn this money depends on how advanced Nanshan's engine is.

"real?"

"Nanshan is already working on the engine?"

Wang Fu was stunned for a moment.

He only heard this news today.

In fact, not only Wang Fu was stunned.

Several other Nanshan executives were also stunned.

When did the company initiate the engine project?

Why don't you know?

Ji Hua, who was very confused, felt that he needed to remind Cao Yang that the engine was not that easy to operate.

"Mr. Wang, Mr. Cao, actually it's not that easy to develop an engine."

"The first is the control of the engine combustion process. This process is an important factor in determining engine performance. Therefore, how to control the combustion process to ensure the normal operation and performance of the engine is one of the important difficulties in engine research and development."

"Other companies have relied on decades of accumulation to achieve what they are today."

"Then there is the control of wear and corrosion. The parts inside the engine need to work in harsh environments such as high temperature, high pressure and corrosion. Therefore, how to control the wear and corrosion of parts is one of the important difficulties in engine research and development."

"This involves the material selection and surface treatment process of many parts. It is not that easy to imitate."

"Even two parts that appear to be the same have completely different performances."

When Ji Hua said this, Liang Chuanqing, who was sitting opposite, nodded crazily.

He understood this very well.

Some parts are produced after high-precision measurement one to one, but the performance is just not up to standard.

The wear resistance is particularly outstanding.

"Then there is the improvement of power transmission efficiency. The power generated by the engine needs to be transmitted to the wheels through the power transmission system. How to improve the power transmission efficiency is one of the important difficulties in engine research and development."

"As for noise reduction and environmental protection, they are now receiving more and more attention."

"The engine will produce noise and exhaust emissions when running. How to reduce noise and achieve environmentally friendly emissions is one of the important difficulties in engine research and development."

"The last thing is cost control. Only when the engines developed are cost competitive can we survive."

"Engine research and development requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, so how to control research and development costs is one of the important difficulties in engine research and development."

"I think the engine project still needs to be carefully considered."

Although Ji Hua said this to Wang Fu and Cao Yang, everyone knew that he actually said it to Cao Yang.

"What Professor Ji said is indeed quite reasonable. We don't say whether the research and development can be successful. We just opened the molds for each part of the engine. Tens of millions or even hundreds of millions were spent."

"If parts need to be redesigned, it is likely that many molds will have to be re-opened."

"Developing an engine, even if it costs several hundred million, may not necessarily lead to success."

Pan Jinxing also added a word beside him.

Although the company's performance last year was very good, it is expected to be even better this year.

But the expenses will also increase.

There are so many machine tools being researched and produced in the equipment center, and the third phase of Nanshan Industrial Park is under construction. Pan Jinxing is also worried that the company's stall will be too big, which will affect the development of existing business.

"What Mr. Cao, Professor Ji and Mr. Pan said all make sense."

"But our situation is actually not that pessimistic."

"For some larger parts, BYD has opened molds and produced samples."

"As long as there are no major changes to the parts, adjusting some precision or material formula, etc., there is no need to open a new mold."

"We at BYD are also willing to cooperate with Nanshan to carry out this project together."

"Whether it is as a supplier of engine parts or as a partner, it can be discussed."

Liang Chuanqing was afraid that Cao Yang would give up the research and development of the engine project after hearing what Ji Hua and Pan Jinxing said.
To be continued...