Chapter 101: The Arrival of the Post-New-Energy Era

After the two chatted for a long time.

Su Kang enthusiastically invited Su Xin to his home for a meal, and Su Kang's mother also came over to persuade him.

Su Xin could not refuse, so he had to accept the invitation to eat at the other's home, and incidentally drank a few glasses of wine.

Over these past few months, Su Xin would sometimes go on dates with Liu Xuewei after work, and when the two ate together, they would often have a few drinks, so his tolerance for alcohol had been trained up a bit.

However.

Compared to Su Kang, who often ran around outside for business and social engagements, his alcohol tolerance was still far too lacking.

The two drank and chatted.

It was not until late at night that Xiang Lianyun, who had been keeping watch outside the door, brought Su Xin back home.

Waking up the next day, Su Xin only felt a splitting headache and a bloated brain.

"Damn it!"

"I'm never drinking this much again!"

Su Xin rubbed his head.

After getting up and washing, his mother Zhang Chunhua had already brewed hangover soup, brought him a bowl, and urged him with a concerned look:

"When you came back yesterday, you were stumbling as you walked. Don't drink so much next time, you hear?"

Su Xin grinned: "Okay."

However, he thought to himself at this moment:

"My physical fitness is still too poor; I must find a way to improve it. Perhaps, biological research should also be put on the agenda."

In fact, when Su Xin first awakened his Godspeed Ability, his first thought was to enter the biological field to enhance his body through human enhancement technology, allowing his Godspeed Ability to be maximized.

Besides that.

Immortality is, after all, the ultimate human desire.

These high-end topics in the biological field made Su Xin very tempted.

But he also understood that research into biological projects was much harder and more complex than software and power batteries, and the investment required was also much greater.

Especially projects related to human experimentation; even if an ordinary person had money, it would be impossible to conduct them.

Therefore, his decision at the time was—

To first make quick money through other industries, and once the capital was sufficient, strive for enough say and status through a certain industry.

The choice for the former was the software industry: low cost, quick results, and high profits.

The choice for the latter was the automotive industry: its influence and say were sufficiently large, and it could also allow him to build up sufficiently strong connections.

With money, status, and connections, it would be much smoother for him to carry out biological research.

Of course.

Su Xin also knew that he could not yet be considered rich, because when Tianqi Energy was expanding wildly before, he had owed ten billion in bank loans.

And the profits from the Thor Battery had only just begun; he hadn't even finished paying off the loans.

Furthermore, Tianqi Energy's next expansion plan was in preparation, and the capital pressure was great.

Added to that was the headquarters building under construction, which was also continuously consuming massive amounts of capital.

Therefore.

He actually still faced no small amount of pressure if he wanted to use a large sum of capital to enter a new field.

"Oh well, better wait for now!"

Su Xin shook his head secretly.

"Push for the mass market launch of new energy vehicles as soon as possible, and let the major car companies earn money for me as soon as possible."

"Once the layout of the automotive industry is completely finished, my wealth and status should be enough to support me in establishing a top-tier Biology Laboratory."

"At that time, I will start from ordinary biological project research, delve deeper bit by bit, and finally carry out human enhancement projects to improve my physical fitness."

"Once my physical fitness is improved, my Godspeed Ability will certainly be more useful, and the duration of my limit state will also be longer."

Su Xin pondered in his heart.

While Su Xin was spending his days leisurely in his rural hometown, the automotive industry could be described as being in constant turmoil.

The new vehicle models developed by major car companies with all their resources were launched one after another to begin pre-sales.

From entry-level models around 100,000 to top-tier supercars priced at a million, the Thor Battery had almost monopolized all vehicle models from high to low end.

Of course, due to the issue of battery costs, the entry-level models around 100,000 were basically only equipped with small batteries of about 50 kWh.

But even so, this so-called small battery could still achieve a range of about 400 kilometers.

A true range of 400 kilometers that didn't drop in winter and wasn't falsely labeled, coupled with ten-minute fast-charging technology, was actually already able to meet the car-use needs of most people.

Therefore, although these entry-level models just over 100,000 were relatively simple in other configurations, they were still welcomed by many users.

Those with slightly more disposable funds.

Either chose high-end models with the same short range but richer configurations.

Or chose low-end models with larger batteries and longer range, but simpler configurations.

As for those wealthier middle-class customers, they had a variety of mid-to-high-end models available to choose from that combined long range and high configurations.

In short.

This was a new era for the automotive industry where new energy vehicles were blooming, and every car company was competing to the extreme from appearance to configuration to service.

Among them, the most eye-catching was undoubtedly Goyadi, one of the most dazzling stars of the pre-new-energy era.

The so-called pre-new-energy era refers to the ten years before the release of the Thor Battery, an era where various new energy car companies vied for splendor.

In that era, the Long Country car company Goyadi and the Yingjiang Country car company Lates could be said to be the two most dazzling leaders in the new energy vehicle industry; the two fought each other for the throne of first and second in sales, and there was simply no room for any other car company.

But after the Thor Battery was released.

That was when the post-new energy era arrived.

The advantages and disadvantages of all car companies were largely leveled, including the two major new energy star car companies that were once the number one and number two, which also had to restart competition with other car companies.

Originally, relying on the advantages accumulated in terms of scale, experience, and brand in the former new energy era, both Goyadi and Lates had the opportunity to gain some initial advantages in the new era.

However.

The Xiaozhi Intelligent Driving System appeared!

The world's first L4 Level Intelligent Driving System emerged, and was first equipped on most of the car models under Goyadi.

This move allowed Goyadi to occupy a huge advantage in the competition of the new era.

As for the other former new energy hegemon, Lates, not only could it not keep up with Goyadi at all, but its popularity could not even keep up with several other car companies.

Because.

The two strongest core technical advantages that Lates once had were: BMS Battery Management Technology and intelligent driving technology.

Now.

BMS Battery Management Technology was directly eliminated due to the sudden emergence of the Thor Battery, and intelligent driving was crushed by the Xiaozhi Driving System.

Both core advantages were crushed.

Today's Lates finds itself in a situation even more awkward than the status of some traditional car companies.

After all, the latter are starting over from scratch anyway, fully embracing the new energy era.

But Lates.

It had already abandoned one of its core advantages, battery management technology, previously, and actively negotiated a partnership with Tianqi Energy to develop several new car models equipped with Thor Battery.

Now, with the launch of the Xiaozhi Driving System, it has to abandon its last remaining core advantage—intelligent driving.

This way, at least it won't be compared head-to-head with Goyadi's Xiaozhi Driving System and be completely crushed by the other party.

After all, intelligent driving also requires additional costs; if Lates continues to be equipped with intelligent driving that is clearly behind Goyadi, then it cannot compare to Goyadi in technology, and it cannot compare to other car companies in cost.

It pleases neither side.

It can only choose one competitive track.

And Lates's choice is naturally—to abandon intelligent driving, avoid Goyadi, compete with other car companies, and try its best to win through brand, scale, quality control, and cost management.