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Question from netizen "Er Pour Yuze": Mr. Xia, why can China produce so many electric cars that look good so quickly, such as Xiaomi or Wenjie, etc., are they really mature in chassis design tuning and body structure design? Will there be anything greasy here?
Answer: The ulterior and the boastful are interdependent. But since it is an ulterior matter, most of us outsiders naturally have no way of knowing. To make a judgment, we should still focus on the facts, and not fall into endless speculation like conspiracy theories, let alone publicize such speculation as facts. It is right to be skeptical, but use skepticism as a motivation to find the facts, not as a bait for talking about and draining money.
Chinese manufacturers, especially some new manufacturers in this industry, can quickly come up with products, the main reason is that China has cultivated a high-level industrial chain in the past few decades. Not only is the manufacturing capacity very strong, but the manufacturing efficiency is also very high. In addition, since new energy vehicles, especially electric vehicles, have been detached from the complex and primitive internal combustion engine, the structure has been greatly simplified and has become easy to design in engineering. The arrangement of the batteries also naturally strengthens the rigidity of the body. The combination of the two makes it easier to arrange and adjust the suspension. Companies such as Xiaomi and Huawei are giants in the digital consumer goods industry, and their software and hardware strength in intelligence are far stronger than those of traditional automobile manufacturers. However, due to the above reasons, the threshold for the manufacture of electric vehicles has been greatly reduced. With incentives for competitive compensation, top talent in automotive engineering is also fairly easy to recruit.
My skepticism is "accumulation of experience". No industry can be achieved overnight, not to mention the automobile, which can be called the product with the highest degree of technical integration and the highest complexity among consumer goods. The automotive industry is the "big terminal" of all other industries in consumer goods, that is, almost all other industries converge on the upstream of automobiles, and after more than 100 years of competition, it still maintains a strong competitive attribute. It is the knowledge collection of the most intelligent brains of all mankind for more than 100 years, and it is unlikely that it will be mastered in a few years, with only one or two cars. The road is bound to be full of twists and turns, no matter how bright the future may be.
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