Chapter 161

The capacity is five times that of other ternary lithium batteries currently on the market.

That is to say, it is the capacity of the Superba 18650 in its initial stage.

It is already far higher than the highest-performing lithium batteries on the market.

Furthermore, in addition to the aforementioned electronic products,

an important use for the 18650 is as an energy source for electric vehicles.

Currently, the whole world is calling for a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions to prevent the greenhouse effect.

New energy vehicles have already become the next major trend.

As a new type of cobalt-free solid-state battery, the Superba 18650 far exceeds the performance of all batteries currently on the market.

Lin Yi can be certain that once it is launched, it will bring a large number of new profit points to Fengyi Tech.

Besides the Superba 18650, Dr. Zhao's team has also created another new battery,

a blade battery that uses a new material: lithium manganese iron phosphate.

This is a battery that is cheaper, but its cell energy storage and charging/discharging capabilities are slightly weaker.

However, compared to traditional lithium iron phosphate batteries,

this battery has about twice the energy storage of an ordinary lithium iron phosphate battery.

Although its performance is weaker than the cobalt-free solid-state lithium battery, its advantage is that it is sufficiently cheap.

At the same capacity, it only costs half the price of the cobalt-free battery.

It can be said that Lin Yi's two products are positioned in the high-end and mid-range upstream of the battery industry.

"Mr. Lin, I can be certain that once these two products of ours are released, even those international giants will not be able to sit still!"

CEO Yang Chen, who was standing to the side, said excitedly after hearing Dr. Zhao's introduction.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yi smiled and expressed his gratitude to both Dr. Zhao's and Dr. Wen's teams.

Of these two teams, Dr. Zhao researches cathode materials,

while Dr. Wen researches anode materials and solid-state electrolytes.

Although cathode materials are the most important part of a battery, the contributions of Dr. Wen's team must absolutely not be erased.

As the boss, Lin Yi must absolutely treat everyone equally.

Otherwise, he would only chill the hearts of these Tsinghua and Peking University graduates who started this business with him.

After staying in the laboratory for a while,

Lin Yi had his dedicated driver, Mr. Hou, drive him to the Songjiang District Government.

At this moment, Wang Guozhang, acting as his bodyguard, was sitting in the passenger seat,

while Xing Ming followed behind in one of the company's Volkswagens, faithfully fulfilling the job of protecting Lin Yi.

Should there be any sign of trouble, the combat capabilities of these two would definitely be able to temporarily safeguard Lin Yi's safety.

Although at this stage, Lin Yi felt that no one should be acting against him,

he was not one to complain about having too much protection.

Upon arriving at the District Government, because he had given notice beforehand,

Lin Yi was invited directly into the office by Liu Feng, the District Mayor's secretary.

This Secretary Liu was very polite to him.

However, if you truly thought he was polite to everyone, you would be a fool.

Did you not see that when passing by the District Mayor's reception room,

there was a group of people waiting to be received?

Clearly, Lin Yi's current status was enough to be valued by the District Mayor of Songjiang, Shanghai.

Or perhaps the District Mayor had already given instructions.

After knocking on the door and hearing a "Please come in" from the office,

Lin Yi entered and saw District Mayor Deng hanging up the phone.

When he saw Lin Yi, he asked with a smile:

"What wind has blown you, Mr. Lin, to my humble temple?"

"Look at what you're saying, District Mayor Deng. If your place is a humble temple, wouldn't mine be a beggar's den?"

Having been tempered in society for a few years, Lin Yi had long since mastered the skill of saying what people want to hear.

He had his own way of dealing with these officials.

Seeing that Lin Yi was so smooth-talking before even graduating from university, Deng Weiming laughed.

"Haha, come, come, Mr. Lin, sit!"

Then, he looked at his secretary:

"Little Liu, make some tea. Remember to use my best Big Red Robe tea!"

"Understood, I'll go right away!"

After Secretary Liu finished speaking, he left first.

He knew that the leader asking for tea was a pretext; discussing business was the real purpose.

After the two of them sat down, Lin Yi said with a smile:

"District Mayor Deng, I haven't thanked you for what happened last time yet!"

Upon hearing this, Deng Weiming naturally knew what this Mr. Lin was referring to, so he said with a smile:

"Mr. Lin, your Fengyi Tech is a star enterprise in this district and is on the government's radar. For such an enterprise, the government naturally must provide support and cannot let some black sheep disrupt the overall situation of Shanghai's economic development, right?"

"Haha, District Mayor Deng is right. On behalf of all nearly 300 employees of Fengyi Tech, I thank the government for its help!"

Lin Yi smiled.

"It's only right, only right!" District Mayor Deng said.

Then, Lin Yi said:

"District Mayor Deng, I have come to the district this time to seek help!"

"Oh, what is it? A loan, or...?"

District Mayor Deng asked.

In his view, Fengyi Tech's future potential was beyond doubt;

it might very well become a giant in the Dragon Nation's battery industry.

From Huawei's recent sales figures and the media's reports on Fengyi Tech,

one could see that this enterprise had a limitless future.

This was also why he valued Fengyi Tech so much,

and the reason he didn't hesitate to get angry and take the matter to the Party Secretary last time.

Because of this incident, quite a few people in the entire Shanghai city were held accountable.

The number of government officials implicated reached over a hundred.

Some of them received major demerits, and basically, their future political careers were over.

Of course, when he learned that Fengyi Tech was also cooperating with the military,

the weight of Fengyi Tech in Deng Weiming's heart increased by a few more notches.

In reality, even without his help last time,

with one phone call from the military, Party Secretary Wang would not have spared Deputy Director Guo either.

So, if Fengyi Tech was here to seek a loan, as long as it wasn't too much,

say under 1 billion, Deng Weiming felt there would be no problem at all.

Banks would certainly be willing to lend to such a company.

However, Lin Yi was of course not here to seek a loan from the government; he still had over 10 billion USD in overseas funds lying idle.

"It's like this, District Mayor Deng...!"

And so, Lin Yi explained the factory building issue.

The main point was that the Songjiang District Entrepreneurship Center was too small, which greatly limited Fengyi Tech's future production capacity.

Especially with the upcoming launch of cylindrical batteries and blade batteries.

His request now was to find a way to get a piece of land from the government to build his own factory.

Hearing his words, Deng Weiming suddenly understood. He thought for a moment and asked:

"How much land do you need?"

"500 mu wouldn't be too little, 1000 mu wouldn't be too much!" Lin Yi said.