Chapter 54

Owen Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Co., Ltd. has been established for several decades. The boss, Liu Wenhhu, started his business by counterfeiting well-known electric vehicle brands. After more than ten years of hard work, he has made the factory thrive, with a total asset value of nearly 30 million yuan.

Since he started his business by counterfeiting well-known electric vehicle brands, he naturally had to pay close attention to new electric vehicle models on the market.

For this reason, Liu Wenhhu specially hired two workers whose sole job was to wander around the electric vehicle market in Zhongyun. Once they discovered a new and popular electric vehicle model, they would quickly buy one for analysis and research.

Yesterday, one of the workers reported back, saying that a very beautiful electric vehicle had just hit the market and was selling like hotcakes. Even the food delivery people nearby were praising it, touting its long battery life, fast charging, and comfortable ride.

Moreover, it was sold by only one dealer.

Today, the worker spent the whole afternoon queuing up and finally managed to get one.

When the electric vehicle was pushed into the testing room, Boss Liu Wenhhu and several technicians immediately gathered around it.

The electric vehicle had a very beautiful appearance. Although it had a traditional small scooter structure, its front and body were very streamlined, giving the impression of movement even when it was stationary.

"Haha, you never stop learning," Boss Liu Wenhhu laughed. "Just the appearance alone is worth us counterfeiting it. It's much cooler than the traditional electric vehicles on the market."

"Boss, look, this vehicle even has a phone charging port," the worker pointed to the control panel of the electric vehicle.

"Good design, we'll do it too," Boss Liu Wenhhu instructed the technicians to record all the details.

After examining the appearance, it was time to test the performance of the electric vehicle.

Several technicians first pushed the electric vehicle onto an electronic scale and meticulously recorded its weight.

They then carefully removed the plastic shell of the electric vehicle, taking detailed photos and making 3D coordinates of each shell.

Once the shell was removed, the main frame of the electric vehicle was exposed.

When Boss Liu Wenhhu and the technicians saw the main frame, they couldn't help but draw in a breath.

In the eyes of professionals, any product's flaws would be obvious.

But they couldn't find any flaws in this main frame.

Even when measured with a vernier caliper, there was no error in the alignment of the main frame's central axis.

The main frame is the most technically demanding part of electric vehicle production.

Like a person's skeleton, if it develops poorly, it could easily lead to a sprained ankle while running.

However, to achieve high precision in the main frame, wouldn't that just increase costs?

The higher the precision, the more expensive the processing cost.

Boss Liu Wenhhu and the technicians exchanged glances, all thinking that the electric vehicle manufacturer must be crazy.

The weld marks on the main frame of this electric vehicle were all identical, clearly the work of an automatic welding robot.

Has the competition changed so much that even electric vehicles now require the same fully automated welding production line as cars?

"Measure the parameters of the main frame; the design of this electric vehicle's main frame is too perfect," Boss Liu Wenhhu said, drawing in a breath.

After measuring the main frame, the technicians turned on various instruments.

The core technology of this electric vehicle was not in the main frame but in its long battery life and fast charging capabilities.

Since the battery and motor were from common brands, the secret must lie in the electric vehicle's controller.

Even with the same brand of battery, the charging and discharging parameters of each battery are different. Simply stacking them together would result in mutual interference and energy waste. The longer the batteries run, the greater the parameter errors, and the more severe the energy waste.

A dedicated management system is needed to precisely monitor each battery and intelligently coordinate the input and output coefficients of each battery.

Only then can the maximum efficiency of the batteries be achieved, resulting in a long battery life.

The technicians carefully connected various instruments to the electric vehicle.

They then secured the electric vehicle on a dedicated testing track, turned the control handle, and made the electric vehicle spin rapidly.

The instruments faithfully recorded the operational data of the electric vehicle and the status of the battery pack.

The test continued until the battery was completely drained, and Boss Liu Wenhhu and the technicians were almost bulging their eyes out.

The data showed that the electric vehicle had a range of 90 kilometers, even under simulated conditions with a passenger and normal wind speed.

Next, they conducted a charging test. After half an hour, Boss Liu Wenhhu asked the technicians to turn off the instruments.

There was no need to continue the test; the instruments could easily estimate the charging time based on the changes in resistance.

"I want to see what's inside the controller," Boss Liu Wenhhu said.

The technicians carefully disassembled the controller, removed its shell, and exposed the electronic components inside. They placed it on an electronic component testing bench and used a more precise electronic testing instrument to examine the controller.

However, the test results puzzled Boss Liu Wenhhu.

The electronic components in the controller were the same as those commonly used in ordinary electric vehicles. Apart from the power parameters, there was no difference from a normal controller.

The controller is used to control the current of the electric vehicle and provide safety protection in abnormal operating conditions.

If simply changing the power parameters of the electronic components could achieve a long battery life, wouldn't that mock the incompetence of the designers?

Any mature product is the result of thousands of experiments to determine the most scientific structure. If changing parameters could solve the long battery life issue, the designers might as well hang themselves with their belt.

Despite this, Boss Liu Wenhhu decided to reverse-engineer the controller and have the technicians immediately replicate the design to create a new one.

Boss Liu Wenhhu didn't even have time for dinner, and he waited until his stomach was empty before the technicians finally completed the replica of the controller.

Excitedly, he connected the replica to a test electric vehicle, inserted the key, and turned on the power. The controller immediately short-circuited, and black smoke billowed out.

"That doesn't make sense," the technician was puzzled. "The electronic components inside are common market items. Why does it work when the power is adjusted, but ours short-circuits?"

"Make three more," Liu Wenhhu said with a grim face.

The technicians worked overtime to replicate three more controllers, but all of them short-circuited and burned out as soon as they were connected to the power.

One failure after another left Liu Wenhhu completely baffled. It was the first time he encountered such a situation. The electronic components were the simplest, and yet, no matter how many times they replicated it, it short-circuited and burned out.

"Let's put the controller aside for now. We'll start by replicating its shell and main frame structure," Liu Wenhhu paced back and forth in the room. "This electric vehicle is selling like hotcakes, but the supply is extremely limited."

"We need to act quickly and immediately launch a counterfeit model to seize the market."

"But how do we solve the range issue? We can ignore the charging for now, but the range is the biggest selling point of this vehicle," the technician asked.

"We'll use six batteries and a regular controller. As long as the range is more than ten kilometers longer than ordinary electric vehicles, it will be fine," Liu Wenhhu suddenly thought of something. "This electric vehicle has no brand information other than the brand name. The warranty card is issued by the dealer, so it's definitely a 'three-no' product."

"Now they can't even sue us. I'll call the mold master and have him come over to start making the mold. We'll try to get the shell mold done by the next day."

"You arrange the production according to the structure of this electric vehicle."

Once the plastic shell mold for the electric vehicle is made, the rest is simple.

Owen Electric Vehicle Company is a professional electric vehicle manufacturer with a complete set of production equipment. The workers can produce 300 electric vehicles a day when they put their best effort into it.

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