HCB Chapter 360 Ford Electric Vehicle
Chapter 360 Ford Electric Vehicle
Faced with this unfavorable situation, automobile manufacturers did not sit idly by, but actively sought solutions.
They realize that if they want to succeed in the electric vehicle market, they must take action to address their capital shortage.
After discussion, they decided to launch a new electric car product and use the sales proceeds to purchase necessary accessories.
As a result, major automobile companies took action and began to study and research the existing Xincheng Lightning electric vehicles.
They deeply analyzed its advantages in design concepts, technical features and manufacturing processes, hoping to draw inspiration and innovate from it.
At the same time, for those key components that they cannot produce by themselves, they purchase them from Xincheng without hesitation to ensure product quality.
In this era, the United States and the United Kingdom were at the peak of their automobile industry, with advanced technological strength and rich experience accumulation.
By drawing on the design ideas of Lightning electric vehicles, major automobile manufacturers quickly mastered the core technical points and developed electric vehicle products with their own characteristics on this basis.
Among them, Ford Motor Company was the first to come to the fore. They used the limited new currency on hand to purchase a small number of batteries, motors and electronic control system kits, and then started assembly work at the Detroit automobile plant.
Ford acted quickly. They took out a new internal car design, made some changes, and used it in electric vehicles.
And so, the electric version of the Ford GT40 was born soon after.
After Ford's first batch of 100 vehicles were assembled, 65 of them were taken away by various American capitalist families before they were taken to South China for sale.
Henry, the head of the Ford family, was very distressed because these were all new coins! They took away but gave back US dollars.
Does Ford need these dollars? No!
But in the United States, once these big shots spoke, they simply couldn't refuse.
However, although Ford suffered a lot of losses, they also received some hidden preferential treatments one after another. After all, these big shots also have to save their reputation.
However, he did not give the remaining 35 cars to anyone, not even keeping any for himself.
He decided to send all the cars to Nanhua.
So Henry led the team himself and took the thirty-five vehicles to the new city by ship.
The transportation of these vehicles along the way was handled by Ford's security personnel, who watched them closely for fear of any mishaps.
The current electric vehicle market is just emerging.
In particular, although Nanhua has started producing electric vehicles, it has not launched them on the international market.
This leaves many people eager to experience the most advanced technological products but unable to purchase them.
Henry was very worried about this because he was afraid that if he did not follow, the 35 vehicles might disappear during transportation.
At that time, if the shipping company and the insurance company directly compensated without saying anything, it would put Ford in an embarrassing situation.
When the convoy finally arrived at the new city, Henry breathed a sigh of relief. They had been extremely nervous along the way, fearing that something might happen to the cars.
The vehicles were transported to the Ford car sales showroom in the new town area.
Henry took the opportunity to learn about recent sales, but learned that since the launch of the Lightning electric car, they have only sold 6 cars so far.
This number made Henry's face turn quite ugly, but when he saw the Ford GT40 undergoing final inspection next to him, he felt a little better.
In order to promote this model, Henry spent a lot of money on advertising in South Asian daily newspapers.
He then began to wander around the new town and developed a keen interest in the city.
In his eyes, this city is unique. Its architectural style is very modern, as if it is in the future.
The roads here are very wide. Even the remote paths have at least two lanes in both directions, while the main roads have six lanes in both directions.
In Henry's opinion, this design was too exaggerated. No road in the center of a city had ever been built so wide.
Another thing that surprised him was the greening. The new city’s greening was done very well, with huge trees planted in the middle and on both sides of the road.
From time to time, special cleaning vehicles would slowly pass by, clearing the fallen leaves on the road.
When they arrived at the computer store in Xincheng, he learned through the explanation he translated that Nanhua had launched a new computer-compatible printer that could directly print out text, tables and other designs on the computer.
This made him very excited because he also owned a computer, which he bought on the black market at a high price, and it was indeed very convenient to use.
However, the data organized by the computer still needs to be copied manually. It would be much more convenient if there was a printer.
However, since they entered Nanhua on work visas, they did not enjoy the preferential policy for exchanging SGD for tourist visas, so after arriving in the new city, they could only use the SGD in their hands.
However, this did not stump Henry. He immediately thought of a solution: send someone directly to the Ford showroom to collect the money from the car sales.
He decided that from now on, the proceeds from the sale of cars by New Town Ford would no longer be transferred back to the United States, but would be kept in New Town Bank.
It will be possible to switch back if necessary at that time.
After all, it is safer and more reliable to keep the money here than to transfer all the money back to the United States and have it forcibly converted into US dollars by the government.
After receiving the money from the car sale, Henry excitedly went on a shopping spree in the new city, spending more than 50,000 Singapore dollars in just two days!
He also felt a little regretful. If he was not restricted to paying with SGD, there would be many things he wanted to buy.
Finally the day has come for the South Asian Daily to be published and their advertisement will also be in today’s newspaper.
Henry couldn't wait to sit down on the sofa next to the Ford showroom early, looking forward to today's sales results.
The result surprised him greatly; all the goods were sold out in just one morning!
Each vehicle is priced at S$15,000, which is comparable to the price of a Lightning electric car.
He didn't expect that their products could be sold at such a high price. Previously, they had to rely on subsidies to boost sales.
After these vehicles are sold, they will still need to pay 18% tax.
Nevertheless, the remaining money made Henry very satisfied.
In particular, the dynamic appearance of the Ford GT40 was well received by the citizens of Nanhua. 34 cars were sold in just one morning, with only the last one left for exhibition purposes.
After receiving the purchase money, Henry immediately arranged to purchase the spare parts and contacted the US headquarters via satellite phone, requesting that the production of other car parts be arranged as soon as possible.
Not only Ford, other automobile companies originally had similar plans, but after seeing Ford's hot sales in the South China market, they accelerated their pace and followed suit to launch electric vehicles of their own brands.
Soon, various new models of cars appeared on the streets of Nanhua, creating a scene of "a hundred flowers blooming".
Later, many tourists came to Nanhua and found that there were car brands they were familiar with, but these models were only available in Nanhua and could not be purchased in their own countries.
This caused dissatisfaction among some people and even sparked quite a public opinion storm.