After looking at all the exhibition halls on the second floor, Kang Linsong asked Xia Yu.
"The upstairs mainly houses motorcycles, but also some more specialized equipment. If there's a problem with a motorcycle, I can fix it myself."
While the two were chatting, they arrived at the third floor. As the elevator door opened, Kang Linsong saw a car parked in the maintenance workshop, an F1 racing car.
"Is this F2002?"
Ola Källenius recognized the car. Mercedes-Benz returned to the F1 event as a factory team in 2010, but it has been cooperating with McLaren since 1995, providing it with F1 racing engines, which means it has never been absent for more than a decade.
"Yes, I bought it at the Pebble Beach auction last year. After it was refurbished, I drove it to a time of 2:24 at the Magic City Raceway."
Although he didn't finish under 2 minutes last time, Xia Yu still has some F1 talent.
"Mr. Ola Källenius, I spoke to your technical director in England before. I told him I wanted the W09, but he said he didn't have the rights."
"Yes, even though it's just one car, only the board of directors can make the decision."
Since Mercedes-Benz returned to F1, each car has carried glory in recent years, and whether to sell it or not is indeed the decision of the board of directors.
"That's what the board of directors meant!"
With his connections between the system and the Daimler board of directors, Xia Yu felt he should have a chance.
"The W09 is having trouble, but we can consider transferring a W08 to you, Mr. Xia."
Kang Linsong said thoughtfully.
According to the current rules of F1, each team must operate two racing cars, not counting the test cars. Each generation has two cars. If one is given to Xia Yu, they will still have one left.
Wouldn't it be better to keep both? But Xia Yu is worth it.
The system's favor probably gave Xia Yu an exclusive favorability buff, making all Daimler board members have a favorable impression of him. In addition to the excellent product itself, this factor was also involved in his winning of the AMGONE contract.
"No problem, W08 is W08!"
Xia Yu agreed immediately. Since he started collecting old cars, he has started a new project, which is to collect old F1 championship cars. There are only two cars at present, but he believes that there will be more and more in the future.
"Mr. Xia, the price won't be too expensive, but it won't be too cheap either. Please understand."
"I understand. You also have to give an explanation to your subordinates. After all, this is the honor won by the team."
Xia Yu understands Ola Kallenius very well. If he can buy the W08 with money, it doesn't matter if it's a little more expensive. After all, countless wealthy people can't buy it even if they wave their money. It's just that he's not grateful enough!
"But Mr. Xia, you really love F1. If you are interested in AMGONE, we can even increase production for you."
Ola Källenius said with a smile that after all, no matter how limited the AMG ONE is, it is still positioned as a mass-produced supercar.
"No, no, no, Mr. Kang Linsong, you don't know, I actually don't like electric cars, and I don't like hybrid cars even more."
So that's how it is. No wonder I didn't see Ferrari LaFerrari, Porsche 918 and other hybrid supercars on the second floor just now.
Kang Linsong understood it in his heart, but then he thought it was not right.
I don’t like electric cars, I don’t like hybrid cars, and yet I produce Hammer batteries.
"I like internal combustion engines, that is, traditional gasoline cars, so I will probably never buy an electric car. Only F1 makes me an exception."
Who makes F1 so good-looking? As a pure lover of appearance, Xia Yu is loyal to his true thoughts.
"I actually like internal combustion engines, which have remained unchanged for decades. But even Mercedes-Benz can't resist the trend of electric vehicles. Times have changed after all."
Kang Linsong also said with emotion.
"Yes, so I also chose to follow the trend and make world-class batteries to seize this vast market."
Following the trend is one thing, but not buying an electric car is probably Xia Yu’s last point of insistence. After all, the super rich has his own pride, or maybe it’s tsundere?
When he said this, Kang Linsong finally understood what was going on.
"Mr. Xia, I believe you can do it. After the AMGONE project, I believe we will have more cooperation in the future."
“Win-win cooperation!”
Batteries must be sold, and they will never be sold to just one company. After establishing a deeper cooperative relationship with Mercedes-Benz, Jierui Power will have to look for new partners, or they may come to it on their own initiative.
"What on earth is going on with this Jierui Power?"
Because of the news online, NIO headquarters is holding an emergency meeting.
"We don't know much, except that this company quietly won the Mercedes-Benz order. Their high-profile move is probably to boost their brand and officially enter the automotive power battery industry."
"In addition to the Mercedes-Benz order, according to a classmate of mine, it has also established a cooperative relationship with DJI. By the end of this quarter, DJI will have fulfilled its contract with Guancheng New Energy, and all of their battery cells will be manufactured by Jierui Power."
The senior executives in the conference room were discussing one after another. When talking about Wancheng New Energy, they had to mention its parent company CATL, and their battery supplier for NIO was CATL.
Unlike other domestic electric vehicle companies, NIO has only one battery supplier. They have signed an exclusive supply contract with CATL. They can only choose a backup supplier when the other party's production capacity is insufficient and the battery supply is out of stock.
This can get more favorable terms, but it is necessary to be prepared.
"Let's learn more about this company. If they're suitable, we'll put them on our backup supplier list and prioritize them."
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