Chapter 156

However, in the battery sector, Panasonic remains extremely renowned internationally.

For instance, Tesla, whose valuation keeps rising, has consistently used Panasonic's 18650 batteries.

These serve as the power packs for their new energy electric vehicles.

Beyond that, Panasonic has also invested heavily in renewable hydrogen fuel cell technology.

They have created numerous patented technologies in this field.

Basically, on this technological track, the Japanese have achieved complete monopoly.

The reason why most countries in the world, including Dragon Country, have not developed more environmentally friendly and powerful hydrogen energy technology,

is precisely because the Japanese have blocked every path toward hydrogen energy.

If you wish to utilize hydrogen energy, it is very difficult to bypass Japanese hydrogen energy patents.

This time, the full name of the product manufactured by Fengyi Technology is: Cobalt-Free Solid-State Carbon-Silicon Anode Lithium Battery.

Almost like the Japanese, they have completely blocked off the patent landscape regarding cobalt-free technology.

Let me give a simple example.

Regarding the cobalt-free cathode—the system provided the technology, including the heterogeneous structures, and Fengyi Technology has patented nearly all of them.

Similarly, in terms of solid-state electrolytes, dozens of oxides of specific elements added as solid materials.

The same applies here.

In the past, if one wanted to circumvent a new technology's patents, most approaches started with altering structures, oxides, or valence states.

But what about now?

Fengyi Technology has filed over a hundred patents, completely blocking this route.

If Panasonic wants to produce cobalt-free batteries, they will basically have to seek help from Fengyi Technology.

Otherwise, they would have to attempt starting research down an entirely new path.

But if they do that, both the investment required and the final results would be completely unpredictable.

If, by that time, their new battery still isn't as good as Fengyi Technology's, wouldn't their money be completely wasted?

After checking the patents, Inukai Koichi instantly felt somewhat desperate.

Because the cobalt-free lithium battery Panasonic itself was researching was merely one of the paths taken by the other party.

Yet, while they hadn't even achieved results, the other side was already capable of producing various heterogeneous batteries.

Furthermore, upon examining the patents thoroughly,

he found the other party's coverage so comprehensive that even racking his brains, Inukai Koichi could find no way to bypass their patent pool.

"Baka, this company is too detestable!"

Helplessly, he could only report upward.

However, as a Fortune Global 500 company with over 200 production bases worldwide,

the lithium battery project is not Panasonic's core business.

Therefore, it would likely take a very long time before Inukai Koichi's report reached the upper management.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Ma Ma Sike from the Ugly Country had been extremely unlucky recently.

He had just been robbed by a group of armed black men.

His bodyguards even exchanged gunfire with them, sparking fear among Americans regarding social security.

However, today he came to Tesla's headquarters in California

because his Chief Technology Officer wanted to introduce him to a battery from Dragon Country.

"A battery from Dragon Country?"

Ma Ma Sike was very puzzled; after all, although Dragon Country is considered a major battery producer,

those are all ordinary batteries, whereas Tesla needs cutting-edge power batteries with strong output and massive energy storage capacity.

This requires excellent battery technology.

The reason Tesla chose Panasonic battery packs was precisely due to their stability and superior quality.

But even so, he said nothing.

He knew his Chief Technology Officer, Straubel, was absolutely not someone who spoke without basis.

As this battery from Dragon Country underwent testing,

Ma Ma Sike's initial disdain gradually turned into widened eyes, until finally, his eyes bulged round in shock.

"Oh, God, how is this possible!?"

Ma Ma Sike exclaimed in astonishment.

"Elon, I didn't lie to you, right? I was also shocked.

This battery is produced by a manufacturer in Dragon Country and has just obtained certification from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)!"

Straubel also said excitedly.

"This is too incredible! Its performance is simply three times that of Panasonic's batteries, and it also features flash-charging technology. Isn't this exactly the battery Tesla has been dreaming of? Even more inconceivably, its safety is such that it simply cannot catch fire; this has completely surpassed the limitations of ternary lithium batteries!"

After speaking, Ma Ma Sike hurriedly said:

"No, I must immediately go to Dragon Country... Such a battery manufacturer must become a supplier for Tesla's batteries,

otherwise, it will be our disaster!"

Having said this, he actually left without even attending to his technology officer.

"Wait, Elon, I'm going with you!"

Straubel shouted.

At this moment, Lin Yi naturally knew nothing about the completely different reactions from Panasonic and Tesla.

He was currently receiving President Ren from Huawei.

Speaking of which, Huawei has been riding high lately.

Its sales in Europe have repeatedly hit new highs; compared to other innovations, Fengyi Technology's Super Power phone battery

has instantly won over the hearts of European customers.

Even though Huawei's overseas price for the P9+ with its 8000 mAh battery is over 100 euros higher than the P9 with a standard battery,

this has done nothing to dampen European customers' love for the P9+.

With its extremely fast charging speed and massive capacity,

especially compared to Apple's new 6S with 1715 mAh and the 6S Plus with 2750 mAh, neither of which supports flash charging,

it is clear that Europe prefers large-capacity flash-charging batteries like those in the P9+.

This means they no longer need to worry about charging all day long like Apple users do.

In fact, at Huawei's phone launch event in Europe, the battery was featured as the main selling point.

Coupled with its already strong performance and considerate service,

Huawei naturally won the hearts of the Europeans.

With Huawei phones exploding in popularity across Europe,

Old Ren naturally needed to visit Fengyi Technology to strengthen their relationship.

At the very least, Old Ren estimated that Huawei's sales in Europe this time

were at least 40% thanks to Fengyi Technology's help.

For such a technologically advanced company,

Huawei would dearly love to acquire it immediately and integrate it into its own supply chain.

Unfortunately, even though Old Ren was willing to offer 20 billion Chinese yuan, Lin Yi showed no sign of yielding.

Seeing there was no way around it, Old Ren could only bring up the supply arrangements for 2016.

Huawei this time wanted to order 50 million phone batteries from Fengyi Technology.

This constituted an order worth between 5 and 7.5 billion Chinese yuan.

Moreover, the wealthy and powerful Huawei didn't even haggle over the price;

the 8000 mAh battery remained at 99 yuan, and the 12000 mAh one at 199 yuan.

However, Old Ren hoped that Fengyi Technology would prioritize future production capacity for Huawei.

After all, having such booming overseas business but suffering from a lack of batteries

was something Old Ren had truly had enough of.

Lin Yi was also quite surprised by the massive order Old Ren had placed.

However, thinking that the new factory was about to be completed,

the company would soon be able to launch fifteen phone battery production lines.