Reborn as a New Farmer of the 1980s

Reborn during the early days of China’s reform and opening, the narrator finds himself in the 1980s countryside. In this setting, the past is still a cold reference, yet it is also a fresh start. N...

Chapter 2449 Immersion Lithography Machine

This is the off-road vehicle with a tiger head and a domineering tail.

It is over five meters long and one meter eighty high, and looks quite domineering.

You say it has a head of Luhu and a domineering tail, but that's not entirely true. At least the head is not as square as Luhu's. There are more streamlines where they should be, and it looks more rounded, unlike the square head of Luhu.

The rear end uses the rear end of the Prado TXL version. Of course, there are some changes, and it is not exactly the same as the rear end of other cars. This is naturally to avoid patent issues.

There is a song that goes: Three circles to the left, three circles to the right, twist your neck, twist your butt...

Wan Feng circled the car several times, three circles to the left and three circles to the right, but he did not twist his neck or his butt.

Is it appropriate for him, the CEO of a group, to behave like that?

After circling around, Wan Feng felt that the car looked pretty good and stopped looking at its appearance.

It has a non-load-bearing body and is equipped with a 260-horsepower V8 engine. After installing a supercharger, the horsepower can reach 330 to 400 horsepower, which can be said to be full of power.

It has two transmission options, manual and automatic, a rotary suspension, four-wheel drive, and an average fuel consumption of eight to ten liters.

"When this car is launched, we will continue our company's tradition of offering three trim levels: low, medium, and high. All three versions are identical in terms of safety, having passed our own five-star crash tests. The base model offers room for modification, lacks a sunroof, and some advanced electronic features. It also lacks a supercharger and a rear spare tire. It uses a cost-effective suspension system, offering a minimum fuel consumption of 7.8. The estimated pre-sale price upon launch is between 350,000 and 400,000 yuan."

Gun Fulai explained the details of the car to Wan Feng.

"The mid-range version will have a sunroof, a multi-function steering wheel, parking sensors, anti-lock brakes, a small-displacement engine with a built-in supercharger, a swingarm suspension, and a suspended spare tire. The estimated price is between 450,000 and 550,000 yuan."

This price seems not low.

"Finally, there's the high-end version. This is a stock off-road vehicle, ready for off-road competitions without modification. All the features are top-of-the-line. The engine boasts a maximum horsepower of 390-400, a six-speed automatic transmission, and a pure racing suspension system. The estimated price is 700,000 to 800,000 yuan. The biggest drawback of this car is its high fuel consumption, exceeding 10 liters per gallon."

Will people who can afford such a car care about fuel consumption?

After Gun Fulai finished his introduction, Wan Feng nodded.

"So is this car ready for road testing?"

"Yes! We plan to conduct road tests next week once the second and third prototypes arrive."

"Tell the test team to give these two cars a good test, and try not to leave any hidden dangers. Don't rush the time."

Nanwan Group is not in a hurry to launch this car.

Although Nanwan Group currently does not produce many cars, it only has two engine versions of the Summit, a civilian version of the Great Wall, and a Sailong.

But these few cars are enough to keep South Bay busy.

Although there are not many styles of cars, there are many types.

Take the Summit for example. In addition to the original high and low configurations of gasoline and diesel in various categories, in response to the demands of racing enthusiasts, Nanwan has launched a Summit that is almost a racing version.

This racing car only needs to change the tires when it leaves the factory and can be used as an entry-level racing car, and can participate in some low-intensity competitions.

Of course, if you want to participate in high-level competitions, you have to change it.

There is no need to modify it. Isn’t Lu Ningjun’s modification company a bankrupt shop?

However, the modifications to this racing car are not major, and the main modifications are safety-related, namely, the reinforcement of the cab and the modification of more advanced suspension.

Then the second-generation Great Wall has also begun to be used for civilian purposes. Now there is only one model available. Except for the color which cannot be black, the rest of the model is not much different from official cars.

The car's launch price of 280,000 yuan also received a warm response from the market.

Finally, there is the civilian version of the dragon racing car, of which there is only one version.

When Sailong was first launched on the market, its sales were very average, and it was only in the last six months that its sales gradually picked up.

The daily sales volume of these versions of cars is around 2,000 to 3,000 units. Last year, the entire group achieved sales of 630,000 sedans. This year, sales are expected to exceed 800,000 units, and there is even a possibility of hitting one million units.

Under such circumstances, Nanwan is not in a hurry to launch this new off-road vehicle.

Nanwan has now turned to the research and development of large-displacement luxury cars and has taken on European, American and Japanese car manufacturers, and has achieved results that are not inferior to those of European, American and Japanese car manufacturers.

In this way, all mid- and low-end cars were transferred to cooperative enterprises.

Last year and this year, Tiannan City Nanguanwan and Xiwan have launched or are about to launch new models. This combination now occupies almost 80% of the low-end car market and 30% of the mid-range car market, and the proportion is still expanding.

Each company has annual sales of hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands of vehicles and they all live a good life.

The car with a tiger head and a domineering tail has a name. It is called Bahu. The name was given by the guys in the micro-car department. Since the group has Sailong, of course it must have Bahu.

It seemed to make sense, so Wan Feng did not object.

In this way, the Bahu went on the road for testing. It first conducted a half-month adaptation test at the Black Lagoon test track, and then headed south to conduct a tropical rainforest test.

2006 was another World Cup year. When football fans all over the world forgot their own last names and celebrated enthusiastically, Wan Feng became a complete outsider of this World Cup.

He didn't watch any of the games or place any bets.

Because at this time Nanwan Group announced the success of an important scientific research result, he had no time to pay attention to the World Cup.

At the end of last year, ASML's first commercial immersion lithography machine TWINSCANXT:1900i was launched.

To be honest, the appearance of this lithography machine is a little late. The previous lithography machine was successfully developed in 2007, but now it appears only a little more than a year earlier than before, so it is indeed a little late.

Although the XT:1900i came out a little late, the following NXE:3100 system was launched very quickly and was successfully launched when the World Cup entered the knockout stage.

The emergence of 3100 enables lithography machines to use shorter wavelength light, manufacture smaller products, and integrate more transistors on the same chip.

It has enabled chip technology to leap from micron specifications to nanometer levels, enabling the production of chips with a process level of 90 nanometers and above.

With this lithography machine, Huaguang Chip can be said to be at the pinnacle of chip manufacturing, and can design and manufacture leading-edge chips.

But even in this situation, a year later, Huaguang was sanctioned by the US chip industry.

You heard it right, Huaguang was indeed sanctioned.

This is really outrageous.