189: Chapter 189 A single spark can start a prairie fire!

Fanmi Technology, Lei Jun's office.

A sudden knock sounded at the door, and then Li Guoqiang's hurried figure walked in.

"Zhu Danyang's 'Sky-Covering Plan' has already begun to be implemented."

His tone was urgent as he handed a report with the latest news to Lei Jun.

"Dazhong and Honda have already announced they're joining their patent pool. Three domestic second-tier battery factories suddenly announced that their cooperation with BYD is suspended. I heard Tesla offered a premium of over 30%, so their production capacity should be leaning that way!"

Lei Jun frowned deeply, but then he shook his head.

"It's as expected. He wants to use patent barriers and capital encirclement to form a closed loop. Unfortunately, he miscalculated one thing: the influence of our core technology in the new energy field is probably not something he can strangle with the power of capital..." A cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"You mean..." Li Guoqiang's eyes shifted slightly, as if he had thought of something.

If one were to speak of the greatest advantage after the alliance between Fanmi and BYD, it was actually the technology they had been deeply cultivating in the new energy field for many years. This technology was undoubtedly a massive advantage now, as new energy vehicles were just beginning their phase of comprehensive development.

Tesla certainly had no confidence in going head-to-head with Fanmi and BYD on technical patents, so they had to pull in those foreign car companies to form an alliance to counter Fanmi and BYD's Huaxia New Energy Technology Alliance.

This was indeed a good method, but it wasn't completely without a countermeasure.

"Launch the 'spark plan'!" Lei Jun slapped the report on the desk, a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

"The mass production process for β-3 superconducting material can start verification next week, and it must be installed on test vehicles within a month. Additionally, through the Huaxia New Energy Technology Community, we will open our battery management system and automotive-grade chip architecture patent licenses to small and medium-sized car companies worldwide."

Li Guoqiang suddenly looked up: "Open them to the whole world? Wouldn't that..."

"How many people do you think Zhu Danyang's patent pool can attract?" Lei Jun interrupted him with a smile.

"There are at least over two hundred small and medium-sized car companies worldwide that may enter the new energy vehicle field in the future, and most are currently stuck at technical bottlenecks. What they need isn't a restricted alliance organization, but an open technical ecosystem that allows them to survive!"

"We give them sunlight, and they will naturally grow toward us!"

As long as car companies joined the Huaxia New Energy Technology Community and used Fanmi and BYD's technology, they were recognizing the standards of Huaxia new energy vehicle manufacturing. The patent fees earned after licensing weren't the point; the point was that every car company that joined the community was like a single spark, and they all had the potential to turn into a raging fire!

Once the plan succeeded, in time, the Huaxia new energy vehicle standard would become the only global standard.

In this field, Huaxia could also build solid technical barriers, just like Western countries.

Thereby truly possessing the right to speak in the industry.

This was the spark plan.

A single spark can start a prairie fire!!

At this moment, the office door was knocked on again, and then Zhou Guangming and Lin Wenwu walked in quickly, both clutching documents and wearing excited expressions.

"Old Lei, the low-temperature stability test for the β-3 material passed!" Zhou Guangming slapped the report on the desk. "In an environment of minus 40 degrees, the resistance still remains below 0.01Ω, and the cycle life has broken through 3,000 times!"

Lin Wenwu immediately handed over a tablet: "The basic framework for the Pangu automotive system has also been built. BYD's engineers have already connected for testing. Currently, after optimization, their vehicle system response speed has increased by a full 40%!!"

Lei Jun took the report, his eyes showing excitement.

"Great!!" His gaze paused for a moment on the words '3,000 cycle life' in the report.

This data meant that the service life of the β-3 material could almost cover the entire life cycle of the vehicle, reducing many subsequent maintenance issues.

Most importantly, the superconducting material and the vehicle system were both finished.

Combined with the sharing of some equipment and technology from BYD's side, as well as Zhou Guangming's previous technical breakthrough in ternary batteries, Fanmi had basically completed the development and testing of key vehicle technologies. Next, as long as the production line was built, they could almost simultaneously conduct mass production testing.

The time for Fanmi Automobile's market launch was one step closer.

According to the current progress, perhaps in three months, the automobile manufacturing plant will be on the right track!!

"Notify President Wang to prepare for the first meeting of the technology alliance!" Lei Jun pushed the report to Li Guoqiang, his eyes glowing. "Have the legal department prepare the patent licensing agreement. Retain core patents and only license basic patent technology in the early stage. We'll discuss further cooperation after deeper collaboration!"

Li Guoqiang looked at the serious Lei Jun and nodded with glowing eyes as well.

He also understood. On the surface, this looked like technology sharing, but in reality, it was clearly using patent licensing as a weapon to turn Zhu Danyang's patent pool into an isolated island. With channels to obtain technology freely, which car company would voluntarily go to the door to be restricted by others?

The technical licensing given to them by the Huaxia New Energy Technology Alliance didn't have any additional conditions.

Nor did they need to use their own technology in exchange!!

In this situation, as long as one had a bit of a brain, they would definitely know how to choose.

Most importantly, BYD and Fanmi's technology was stronger than Tesla's at this stage!

...

BYD Headquarters, President's Office.

Wang Sifu looked at the core charter and operation model of the open-source community with a gentle smile on his face.

"President Lei is going to go head-to-head with Tesla to snatch customers and pull all the small and medium car companies onto the ship!" He looked up, his eyes filled with a bit of admiration. "He has courage, confidence, and vision... this step he's taking is extraordinary!"

"The true core of their move is still in the β-3 material!" Shi Xu also felt some emotion in his heart and couldn't help but speak, then handed over a test report. "The test data for this material has already come out; Fanmi just sent it over!"

"Next, it should be a joint R&D test by both our sides to experiment on the actual application effects on the entire vehicle!"

"It reduces energy consumption by a full 30%! The person who made this material is truly a genius; it's astonishing..."

"Of course, Chief Zhou's ability is beyond doubt!" Wang Sifu spoke with a smile, his tone carrying a hint of envy.

He knew clearly that half of the credit for Fanmi's achievements today belonged to Zhou Fan.

That kind of scientific research ability, which even made him feel startled, had always left him amazed.

Wang Sifu looked at the range data on the report and suddenly stood up.

"spark plan! Since Fanmi is doing something so big, it wouldn't make sense if we didn't cooperate. Have the technology department prepare some non-core technologies of the three-electric system for open licensing today, and then have the PR department issue a statement: BYD is opening its basic design standards for new energy batteries to the world!"

"Yes!" Shi Xu nodded heavily without any hesitation.

Being exceptionally promoted by Wang Sifu to the position of Director of the New Energy Business Department, his brain was naturally not bad.

He could naturally see some of the deeper meaning hidden behind the spark plan and Fanmi's true plan.

It's just that some things don't need to be said out loud, as long as they are done well.

After speaking, he turned directly and left the office.

"Spark... a single spark..."

"Interesting!"

A low murmur echoed in the office.

Wang Sifu looked through the floor-to-ceiling window at the nearby BYD automobile manufacturing factory.

A sense of heroism suddenly surged in his heart.

A great battle is coming.

The landscape of new energy vehicles for the next ten years!

It all depends on this battle!