"Polestar Motors will definitely arrange production capacity for taxis and buses first. There are currently about 28,000 taxis in Haicheng City, a total of 276 bus operating routes, and 5,000 operating vehicles..."
"In other words, we have to wait for Polestar Motors to produce 40,000 cars before it's our turn to produce ours? Does Polestar Motors have such a high production capacity? Look at Xinghan, the orders are already scheduled for the end of the year!"
"I still prefer Xinghan 001 from the Mirage game... The exposed configuration of that car is really exciting, and the exterior design is so handsome, but after looking at the price, I also looked at my pocket..."
"I still don't have the money to cause trouble. If I have the money, just wait. When Xinghan 001 is launched next year, Xinghan Zhixing has already increased production capacity. The price of Xinghan 001 is on the high side. There won't be that many orders. It will definitely be faster to wait for the car!"
"What are you afraid of? You can still buy it even if you don't have money! I have 50,000 yuan in hand. I originally planned to make two more months to buy a Xinghan. But then I saw Xinghan 001. Why should I buy a Xinghan? Isn't it better to just buy a good sedan? "
"That's what I think, save 60,000 to 80,000 as a down payment, and borrow the rest for five years, with 60 installments over five years. If you take advantage of the interest-free activity, you only need to pay back about 2,000 a month. The key is that the cost of using the tram is low. !」
"That's great. My monthly salary is less than 2,000. Xinghan is already my luxury..."
"Aren't you afraid of being the first guinea pig?"
"Many people thought the same way when Xinghan first came out, but now they are still waiting for the bus..."
"It's okay. When Polestar
"Damn it! It's Haicheng again? I'm so convinced!"
"Why didn't you go to Xinghai Stadium this time and instead went to Stardust Plaza for an open-air press conference?"
"I don't know..."
"Why do you care so much?"
At present, the road conditions of Xinghai Highway in urban Haicheng City are relatively good. It is not in the construction area, the road is wide, and it is a five-kilometer straight road, which is most suitable for test driving.
It just so happens that Polestar Motors has an official direct-operated store right next to the Xinghan direct-operated store on Xinghai Highway. By the way, it can also advertise Xinghan and Xinghai Driving School. After all, Xinghan is 30,000 yuan cheaper than Polestar X.
But overall, Polestar X is more in line with the positioning of a "family car", with large space and low vehicle cost.
There are also some other configurations of Polestar cars that have not been announced. Chen Zifan is already preparing to include Polestar cars in the Mirage game. In this way, new models of Polestar cars in the future can be revealed in advance.
Automakers that join Mirage can also choose not to disclose their products, it all depends on their own wishes, but the concept cars of the first few domestic automakers that participated in the investment will definitely not be able to run.
Chen Zifan needs to use their strength to turn over domestically produced cars first, disrupt the market, and at the same time strive for more development opportunities for Xinghan Zhixing and Polestar Motors.
As soon as the Polestar Automobile announcement came out, Chen Zifan also sent the Stardust Marketing Department to allocate some channels for them to promote it. In less than an hour, the number of people who made reservations for the Polestar Automobile conference exceeded 100,000.
Since it is an open-air conference, the Polestar car conference does not have fixed auditoriums to limit the number of people like the Stardust conference.
In other words, this is not a "press conference" but a "test drive meeting". The Stardust Plaza is large enough to accommodate a large number of passengers. Moreover, how many talents from Haicheng or surrounding cities can come to participate?
More users who have made reservations will only pay attention to the online conference and subsequent evaluations. In this regard, Chen Zifan, Mo Shaokun, Yang Zhirong and others are already ready. Yang Zhirong even recorded a promotional video himself.
This is also the way of publicity for the Stardust launch conference. Chen Zifan personally went to the test drive and actually drove it on a regular basis, which strengthened the purchasing confidence of countless consumers.
Even the chairman is using Stardust mobile phones and Kai Xinghan, and even dares to do some "dangerous experiments" at the press conference to show off the strength of his products. Isn't that safe? In fact, Chen Zifan still has some exciting news.
When Xinghan 001 is released,
He will also conduct two more "violent" experiments to demonstrate the product strength of Xinghan Zhixing and his confidence in his products.
In the eyes of many people, there is no need for Chen Zifan to do this. The market will verify whether the product is good or not, so why put himself in a dangerous situation? What if something happens to one of the products and something goes wrong?
But Chen Zifan thinks it doesn't matter at all. Nothing in this world is 100% guaranteed. He will only try his best to develop electronic products to a new level in his own way.
The so-called danger is nothing at all~
Polestar Automobile Headquarters——
The current headquarters of Polestar Automobile has been moved directly to the Bund of Haicheng, which is relatively close to the Xinghai Driving School. The original Pegasus Automobile factory is also located on the Bund of Haicheng. Several industries have come together to form a "development zone."
Yang Zhirong is very satisfied with the increasing number of reservations on Polestar Auto’s official website and APP background:
"Hahaha! It's so fucking exciting! This is what labor and management should do! They can't stand dealing with those car manufacturers every day for a few junk cars! We can also build cars! We can also sell cars!"
Jetta, Santana, and Passat, just leave them alone. Now Haicheng is the world of new energy vehicles! However, the strength of the public is too strong, and Xinghan Zhixing cannot touch it for the time being.
It doesn't matter. Everything always has a development process. If you can't compare with the public, you can't compare with them. Why do you have to compare with them? Wouldn’t it be over if you do your own thing?
The number of downloads of Polestar Auto's APP exceeded 1 million in one day after they officially announced the launch date. Before that, its downloads were just over 100,000. You can imagine the influence of the Stardust community.
The downloaders are all paying attention to new energy vehicles. After all, the price of Polestar X is too tempting, 85,800 yuan, a 40k large battery, and the supplier is Stardust New Energy, so there is no need to worry about after-sales guarantee.
There are no problems with battery life, exterior design, space, and configuration. It is a real family car that can be sold to ordinary people. The most important thing is that Polestar X is free of purchase tax and first-year insurance, and the landing price is cheap.
Of course, the most important market for Polestar X at present is Haicheng and several surrounding cities that are building charging stations. Other areas cannot yet arrange it.
One million downloads doesn't mean anything. The current number of Stardust users is conservatively estimated to have exceeded 60 million, with daily active users around 18 million. Moreover, this is only the number of downloads, not the number of registered users.
Yang Zhirong is more concerned about the number of reservations for the Double Star press conference. After all, in addition to the venue, the press conference will be broadcast live on the Stardust official website, Stardust Community, and Polestar Auto APP. Unfortunately, there is no barrage function.
Otherwise, the online atmosphere will be even more heated~
Three days later, Yang Zhirong looked at the data on the screen and made a special call to Chen Zifan: "Hello? Director Chen, the number of reservations for our double-star press conference has reached nearly 2 million. Look at this..."
"It's okay, don't worry."
"That'll do..."
Don’t worry, take a look at Stardust Technology’s “Internet of Everything” theme conference in June this year. The number of reservations on Stardust Technology’s official website alone exceeded 10 million, not to mention the Stardust Community and Stardust Mall.
After all, the attention paid to new energy vehicles is much lower than that of smartphones. Chen Zifan can't ask for anything. At the same time, he also heard the implication of Yang Zhirong's words. Asking the number of reservations is just an introduction. Yang Zhirong is too old to Ask him everything.
As expected, Yang Zhirong continued: "When will Director Chen and Mr. Mo come to Polestar Motors? We have prepared everything that needs to be prepared, and we have also taken out a few cars from production vehicles for test drives..."
"Okay, I'll be there at five o'clock in the afternoon."
"Okay!"
It doesn't matter whether it's a test drive or not. What's important is that Chen Zifan approves this product and then devotes more resources to Polestar Motors. Yang Zhirong has great ambitions. He will not be satisfied with just producing taxis and buses.
Xinghan Zhixing’s product positioning is higher? so what? Is there always a product market segment that Xinghan Zhixing cannot take care of? Polestar Automobile can definitely become Xinghan
Chihxing's "supplement" is to make up for the shortcomings of models.
Moreover, the new energy vehicle market is so big and there are many development directions that Xinghan Zhixing cannot handle alone. More sub-brands or cooperative manufacturers are needed to jointly create products and eliminate fuel vehicles as soon as possible.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Zifan and Mo Shaokun drove their own modified Xinghan all the way to the Polestar Automobile Factory. On the road, they attracted many people and cars to watch, and some even followed them to take photos.
There are also Xinghans whose modified cars are more distinctive than the two of them, but everyone surfs the Internet every day and knows who these two cars represent.
Chen Zifan didn't care. It didn't matter whether there were people watching. Unless it was something confidential, he didn't care if his actions would be exposed.
On the contrary, Mo Shaokun was very excited and kept waving to the people around him. On the surface, he pretended to be calm, but he also knew that business was important, so he followed Chen Zifan into the Polestar Automobile Factory.
The layout structure of the factory is also based on the Xinghan Automobile Factory, but Chen Zifan and Mo Shaokun went not to the production area, but to the inventory area. Yang Zhirong greeted them on the way and showed the results:
"This is our inventory car..."
Chen Zifan:? ? ?
What a stock car, this is a new car!
The inventory area is all filled with taxi versions of Polestar X. The rows of sea blue paint are very eye-catching. The bus version of Polestar G on the other side is painted in green, which represents "green new energy." .
The color scheme of public transportation vehicles in each city is also different. For example, in some cities, taxis are green and yellow, and buses are white. In other cities, taxis are blue, white, red, and white, and buses are yellow and green.
Chen Zifan didn't say much, and he and Mo Shaokun drove a car out of the garage and went out. They could talk about work later, but now they just wanted to drive for a while, which was equivalent to a road test. .
Polestar X also inherits Xinghan's keyless start, but you need to carry something similar to an NFC key with you. After starting, the LCD instrument of Polestar
Moreover, the light is relatively soft, which is good for the eyes, and the seat comfort is not bad. There is no peculiar smell in the car, only a faint plastic smell. Xinghan has done a good job in this regard, and there is no peculiar smell after leaving the factory.
It can only be said that Polestar X has also discarded some good materials in order to save costs. In other aspects... it is quite satisfactory. You can think of Polestar X as an enlarged version of Xinghan, but some configurations have been reduced.
Many problems cannot be felt through static experience and must be experienced dynamically. As soon as Polestar X moved, Chen Zifan immediately felt its difference:
"This chassis...is okay."
Chen Zifan doesn't drive a good car very often. Most of the time he drives a Xinghan, but he can still tell the quality of the chassis. Like the Polestar X, you can feel that the chassis is very complete as soon as you get in the car.
This is a very natural feeling, which makes people feel that driving Polestar X will be very practical and safe.
Because it uses a higher-spec motor than Xinghan, Polestar X also performs very well in acceleration, and the sound feedback when stepping on the switch is also very nice, without the sharp and sharp current sound.
You can tell that this is a specially adjusted switch sound, which makes people feel the feedback and is very comfortable at the same time. It also covers up the general problem of sound insulation.
The driving experience of the driver and passenger is almost the same. A more convenient point is that the driver and passenger of Polestar X have electric four-way seat adjustment. For taxis, the comfort of the rear row is more important than the comfort of the front row.
Chen Zifan was not able to experience the riding experience in the rear row for the time being, but he could also see that the rear seating space of Polestar X was large, the seat materials were relatively solid, and the sitting angle seemed to be more comfortable.
The brakes are also very linear and in line with the intuition of normal driving. The Polestar X is a car that is sufficient for everything and does not stand out anywhere. However, it is slightly better than a fuel car at the same price and has a relatively high cost performance.
There was no problem with the car, but Chen Zifan was having a hard time driving because not long after he drove out, countless people waved at him and hailed a taxi.
"So I'm a taxi driver now? Do you want me to go there and get a ride, try out the charging function of the Polestar X taxi version, and make some money along the way?"
Shaking his head, Chen Zifan quickly shook this idea out of his mind. He was about to ask Mo Shaokun to go for a run around the Xinghai Driving School grounds, but when he turned around, hey, this guy had already started soliciting customers.
He also had sex with three young girls at once!
"Fuck! I despise you!"
Chen Zifan was speechless. He had known better not to bring this guy here. He found an angle and turned around and headed back to the Polestar Automobile Factory, leaving this guy to play on his own.
Regarding Polestar X, his original plan provided kinetic energy recovery solutions and technologies, but in the end he did not adopt them because kinetic energy recovery affected the operating experience too much and could not recover electricity for several kilometers.
After meeting Yang Zhirong, Chen Zifan said directly: "The road test can be arranged. It will be arranged within three days. There is still one week for publicity. But this road test is different. Let the driver go directly."
It is said to be a road test, but in fact the road test of the product has already been carried out, and some tests in extreme driving environments are still in progress. The road test mentioned by Chen Zifan refers to the publicity road test, which is used for advertising.
