259: Chapter 259 Rewriting Battery Life Testing Standards?

"It is 30% lighter than traditional steel car bodies and 20% stronger.

We didn't bother with any certifications to judge our test results, but everyone can look at the actual figures for themselves."

A video of the crash tests appeared on the screen.

At a 50 km/h frontal collision, the A-pillar remained intact, and the doors could still open. In the 64 km/h offset collision, the cockpit showed no deformation. During the side collision, the B-pillar didn't budge.

Even in a 100 km/h crash test, it could ensure the driver's safety as much as possible.

"Safety is the bottom line for Transsion Auto." Zhang Bin's voice was firm. "We will not let anyone cross this bottom line."

Immediately after, a Transsion Auto graveyard appeared on the screen, with hundreds of failed crash test vehicles lined up, which was truly shocking.

"Holy crap, Transsion did this?"

"If they're going to play like this, then not getting certifications doesn't really matter."

"A certification label is just something you can buy with money. But these test cars are the real deal, costing far more than any certification standard. This is what true safety from Transsion looks like."

Transsion's electronic control system is also world-class, still relying on self-developed chips and self-developed algorithms.

Energy recovery efficiency increased by 20%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the industry average.

With the same battery, Transsion can travel 10 km further.

Forty minutes passed. Zhang Bin took a sip of water and looked at the audience.

"After talking for so long, I know what everyone is most concerned about."

"The price!"

"199,000."

Although many people knew this price was unlikely—after all, Tesla and BYD had already submitted their answers, and pure electric vehicles simply couldn't be cheap.

Most people were basically just shouting it for fun.

"As a sedan, our transsion s7 comes equipped with a 70 kWh large battery pack, even in the standard version.

Furthermore, this battery pack utilizes our self-developed High-density battery technology, with a volume only about the size of our competitors' 50 kWh battery packs.

Smaller volume, greater energy."

The range also appeared on the big screen: 520 kilometers.

The applause from the audience wasn't as enthusiastic as expected, considering the industry average range was roughly 300 to 400 kilometers.

This result seemed a bit underwhelming for such a large battery pack.

Just then, a piece of data appeared on the big screen, immediately causing everyone to applaud.

Transsion Range Testing, creating a brand new standard: Not for the range, but for the real experience.

"I believe everyone has seen the words behind me, but achieving this is truly difficult.

The application data looks very unattractive.

When every industry is developing rapidly, unattractive data means you have no market, and having no market means you can't recoup your R&D funds and will go bankrupt.

Every company has been playing tricks with this range mileage.

But we at Transsion are determined not to join in such misconduct."

The range testing standard also appeared on the screen: Air conditioning on in the summer, speed controlled at 100 km/h, with the user's actual measured range discount not exceeding 5%.

"This is... smashing the table again?"

"No wonder Transsion became the enemy of the industry... If it were me, I'd also want to kill them."

"I previously bought a 400km electric car from a certain brand, but in winter it could only go 200. This kind of trend is indeed bad; I hope Transsion can change it."

"Change what? Even Tesla tunes it this way; how could it possibly change now? I can only say it puts on some pressure..."

"If you think the testing isn't standardized, just don't buy it."

"It's hard, too hard!"

Seeing that the mood was set, Zhang Bin took everyone through the specifications again.

The 70 kWh version has a range of 500–520km, the 85 kWh version has a range of 620km, a 0–100 km/h acceleration of 5.2 seconds, equipped with Taishan ESP2Pro, and uses an all-aluminum body and self-developed electronic control system.

A huge question mark appeared on the big screen, but all these configurations made it clear to everyone that the price of this car definitely wouldn't be cheap.

After all, the battery pack alone was worth around 200,000, and the all-aluminum body and other configurations certainly wouldn't be particularly cheap.

A shocking number popped up on the big screen.

"Selling price 399,800, high-end version price 439,800."

Everyone in the audience stared at each other in an instant. 399,800—rounding up, that's 400,000—but compared to the BYD of the same class, it was much cheaper, and the configuration was almost doubled.

Even the originator of pure electric luxury, Tesla, couldn't beat it...

Just as everyone subconsciously pulled out their phones, ready to lock in their orders, Zhang Bin waved his hand again.

"But this is not the final price."

The previously excited audience quieted down again.

"Everyone knows that new energy vehicles have national subsidies. The current standard is 60,000, but some places can enjoy it, while others cannot. However, because of Transsion's extremely high standards, we have secured national subsidies that everyone across the country can enjoy."

A line of text appeared on the big screen: National subsidy reduction of 60,000. Starting from 339,800.

The pricing was completely chaotic; this price wasn't just a question of whether it was a good deal, but whether it would be an explosive hit.

Luxury fuel vehicles at the same price point: retro interiors, retro engines, retro exterior designs—none of them seemed able to compete with Transsion.

"It's not over yet." Zhang Bin pressed his hand down again.

"Users within Guangnan Province can enjoy an additional 30,000 in provincial subsidies."

Another line of text jumped onto the big screen: "Guangnan Province government provincial subsidy: 309,800."

As Transsion's home base, most of the audience were users from Guangnan Province. Many people stood up directly and shouted, "Awesome!"

"309,800? Did I hear that right?"

"A car with a range of over 500km at this price?"

"This isn't just about defining standards; it's about bringing down the price of new energy vehicles."

As for the photovoltaic version, there are also standard and aggressive versions: the standard version only installs photovoltaic panels on the roof, with an area of about 1.7 m²; the aggressive version installs them on the whole car, with a total area reaching 3.2 m².

The prices are also different; the standard version adds 15,000 to the original car price, and the aggressive version adds 28,700.

Compared to the 20,000 starting price of other car companies, Transsion's higher configuration is cheaper, making it even more sincere.

After the applause ended, Zhang Bin announced the last benefit.

"Small deposits close at 10 PM tonight. Before the deadline, all users who make a small deposit can enjoy a discount of 5,000 off 10,000 when they place an order within the next month.

Everyone only needs 304,800 to be able to pick up a luxury new energy vehicle."

Other new energy policies and Transsion Auto benefits appeared on the big screen: exemption from purchase tax and a free home charging pile (120kW version).

He bowed deeply.

"Thank you to the 200,000 Transsion small-deposit users. Transsion Auto will live up to your expectations."

When the press conference ended, the Transsion Auto official website finally crashed.

It wasn't due to poor preparation, but because the traffic was too high.

Technical Director Zhang Mingyang had planned for three times the capacity of last time, but the actual traffic was five times the expected amount.

In the monitoring center, watching those jumping numbers, he felt like he was about to owe a mountain of cars.

An hour later, the order number settled at 28,723 units.

Not small deposits, but fully locked-in orders.