Various battery manufacturers have obtained specific data on the effect of Kechuang Biolithium metal electrodes on lithium batteries.

Kechuang Biotechnology’s only requirement is that new lithium batteries must be supplied to Chinese car companies first, and foreign car companies and joint venture car companies will not be considered for the first two years.

The power of technology can have absolute say.

The battery capacity is tripled, the charging speed is doubled, and the safety is even better than ordinary lithium batteries.

Faced with the advantages of technology, mainstream battery manufacturers can only accept the requirements of Kechuang Biotechnology.

They don't sign, but some manufacturers sign. In the past two years, new energy has exploded, and many companies whose main business is not batteries have also rushed to expand battery production capacity.

Companies that want to catch the ride of Ke Chuang Biotech are like crucian carp crossing the river.

In the end, due to the struggle for the interests of all parties, Kechuang Biotech signed patent authorizations with major battery cathode material manufacturers and some battery manufacturers.

The authorization only covers the authorization of the lithium metal cathode part, of which the key graphene coating is only sold for graphene coating manufacturing equipment, and the patent will not be authorized.

"We have already drawn the 3D renderings of Kechuang Biotechnology's graphene coating. The problem is how to achieve industrial production, we have no clue."

"Not to mention industrial production, even reproducing it in the laboratory is currently impossible to achieve. It will take us at least half a year."

"Then we can only buy equipment from Kechuang Biotechnology, which costs 2 billion per unit. Plus the patent licensing fee for lithium metal, the manufacturing industry is really not as profitable as scientific research."

“Kechuang Biotechnology has been licensing technology patents for so many years, but I haven’t seen any company that can reproduce their technology and bypass their technical barriers. The protection fees that should be paid must still be paid obediently.

Furthermore, the protection fees we pay to Kechuang Biotechnology will ultimately pass on the price increase pressure to downstream companies, who will then pass it on to consumers.

Just to double the battery life, raising the price of new energy vehicles by RMB 100,000 is not too much, right?

In the past few years, the price increase of upstream lithium carbonate has not been passed on to consumers in the end?”

It is not certain whether the price increase of upstream raw materials can be passed on to consumers.

Companies with bargaining power can take the initiative to raise prices. Like when lithium mine prices increased before, Tesla relatively has certain bargaining power and can take the lead in raising prices.

Some domestic new energy vehicle companies focus on cost-effectiveness. If they increase prices without authorization, the impact on sales will be relatively large.

Even Tesla's price increase was accomplished at a time when oil prices were rising sharply.

Because if the price of new energy vehicles rises too sharply, consumers will choose to buy gasoline vehicles, which are much more mature than new energy vehicles.

Therefore, the price increase of upstream raw materials mentioned here is transmitted to consumers, which is a conclusion derived from the perspective of the end of 2023 and looking forward.

It's a process of finding results.

"When it comes to reproducing the technology of science and technology, no one has succeeded. Didn't Musk's Neuralink succeed?"

"Do you really believe that Neuralink's brain-computer connection technology was developed by them themselves? Shimai was like that at the time. They obviously got the technology prototype from Kechuang Biotechnology.

It was barely built based on the technology of Kechuang Biotechnology, and the recognition accuracy is simply incomparable with that of Kechuang Biotech's brain-computer connected mobile phone.

It can only rely on price advantage on Samsung’s mid-range models.”

Kechuang Biotech’s brain-computer connection technology has firmly established itself in mobile phones at the high end.

So much so that when domestic and foreign Android phone brands release high-end models at development conferences, they must specifically indicate that the brain-computer connection technology comes from Kechuang Biotech.

The frequency of appearance of Kechuang Biotech’s logo is comparable to that of Qualcomm.

After Apple and Kechuang Biotech cooperated to sell brain-computer connected mobile phones globally, two major domestic mobile phone manufacturers, OV, came to visit.

They expressed their hope to become a strategic partner of Kechuang Biotechnology, just in name, and they were willing to pay hundreds of millions in name fees every year.

It would be best if they can provide certain technical support. If not, I hope they can print the logo of Kechuang Biotech on the back of the mobile phone in publicity.

OV takes marketing to the extreme and hangs the logo of Kechuang Biotech on the back, which can attract many digital enthusiasts.

In recent years, Kechuang Biotech’s status in the domestic digital circle has been comparable to that of Apple.

Just like when Huawei put Leica in the background, the publicity effect is greater than the actual effect.

For OV, hiring celebrities for marketing is still money, and cooperating with Kechuang Biotechnology is also marketing.

There is no harm in allocating a portion of marketing expenses to this aspect every year.

"Actually, there have been countless related papers on graphene coatings in recent years. Everyone knows that graphene can definitely have a revolutionary effect in batteries.

Including the three-dimensional structure, everyone can guess it.

It’s just that no one has thought about how to construct a three-dimensional graphene coating. If it is just 3D modeling, it is impossible to judge the effect of a graphene coating with this structure.

Not convincing.

Only Kechuang Biotechnology can follow this technology and show the real thing to everyone, that's it.

As for the graphene coating manufacturing equipment of Kechuang Biotech, I guess it is some kind of higher-end 3D printing equipment. The specific effect will not be known until it is shipped.

Thinking about it this way, Kechuang Biotech is really awesome, they can handle things that no one else can handle."

"Isn't this nonsense? Endorphins and brain-computer connection have been accomplished by others? After all, Zheng Li is a top academic who published a Nature paper in his freshman year.

I have to say that the R&D capability is too strong.”

"I'm just waiting to play this year's brain-computer-connected VR from Kechuang Biotechnology. I'm already excited after seeing their actual demonstration."

"Hahaha, me too. I'm waiting for Kechuang Biotech to make money from me. The only thing I'm unhappy about is that the partner is actually a goose factory. It would be great if Kechuang Biotech can operate on its own."

"Kechuang Biotech is not omnipotent. After all, it involves VR systems. Kechuang Biotech may not be good at this aspect.

After all, Goose Factory is influential enough. If it weren’t for Goose Factory, would major companies such as EA, Ubisoft, Sony, and Nintendo cooperate in turning their most famous works into VR?”

After Kechuang Biotech's lithium battery patent was authorized, these patented battery manufacturers also signed cooperation agreements with new energy vehicle companies.

The production capacity of the first two years is directly locked, so other car companies cannot buy it if they want to.

After receiving samples and test data, domestic new energy vehicle companies are gearing up to seize the two-year strategic period.

BYD has the biggest advantage. It is one of the top two battery manufacturers in the domestic market, and it also has its own electric vehicles.

BYD's trams account for a large share of the domestic market.

And their price positioning has been stuck in the range of 200,000 to 300,000, and high-end models have no way to break through.

High-end models are not what you say are high-end, they need to be recognized by consumers.

Even though Gaohe is much more expensive than BBA's low-end models, Chinese people would not consider Gaohe to be a high-end car brand.

There are even fewer people willing to pay for Gaohe.

The only high-end new energy brands that can really be sold in China and are recognized by consumers are Ideal and NIO.

BYD sold too many low-end models and wanted to raise prices, but its previous low-end models posed a huge constraint.

Just like Toyota wants to create a sub-brand Lexus to enter the high-end market.

The same logic applies to mobile phone brands. Rice focuses on cost-effectiveness with its Redmi series, and then focuses on the mid- to high-end market, while the Mix series focuses on the high-end market.

This is an idea. Whether it can be successful depends on the strength of the product and the recognition of consumers.

BYD plans to combine the cathode technology provided by Kechuang Biotechnology and build its own high-end brand through super batteries.

The high-end brand is not called BYD, but starts from scratch and creates a sub-brand focusing on high-end.

Battery life is their main trump card.

The only thing BYD is worried about is that their high-end brand has a battery life of 3,000 kilometers and sells for around 400,000.

As a result, the rice car has the same range of 3,000 kilometers, and the price is only 150,000. Then, various comparisons were made with competitors at the press conference and subsequent publicity.

"With the same battery life of 3,000 kilometers, the official price of a friend's car is 398,800 yuan, while our rice car is only 149,998 yuan. Those who place an order today will also receive 2,000 yuan.

Yuan coupon, get it and enjoy it now!”

The person in charge of BYD's new energy vehicle line was overwhelmed by the thought of Lei Jun's possible scene at the press conference.

The first high-end model was criticized by many, and then various comparisons were made. The price became brighter, and no one car launch conference was as fun as a mobile phone launch conference.

Not only BYD is afraid of this happening, but other car companies are also afraid, so much so that other car companies are trying their best to find out how much Lei Jun's rice car will be priced.

After Kechuang Biotech signed the technology licensing agreement for lithium battery cathode materials, Zheng Li also asked Lei Jun about something:

"Brother, when will the first model of your rice car be released? I'm looking forward to it."

Lei Jun was a little surprised by Zheng Li's call: "Junior brother, we are just waiting for your super lithium battery technology. Now everything is ready and all we need is east wind.

I think it couldn’t be more right for me to choose Rice Auto for my last business venture.

It happens that the super lithium battery technology of Kechuang Biotech gives us the wings to take off.

Originally I may not have been so confident, but since I got the sample of the super lithium battery, I am now very confident.

I asked CATL, and they said that they recently signed a patent authorization, and your graphene equipment is expected to be delivered in March next year, and rice cars should be officially launched in the middle of next year."

"It would be best if we can catch up with the super lithium battery technology. If not, we will release the regular version of the rice car first. After the super lithium battery is delivered, we will release the pro version specifically."

Zheng Li smiled and said: "When the time comes, I will definitely order one for each of our Kechuang Biotech executives, and you must give me a discount."

Lei Jun: "No problem, you don't need to order it, I'll give you a few units directly, it's a small matter."

Zheng Li didn't say much, and said directly: "Also, senior brother, there is one more thing. Do you remember what I told you before about developing lithium battery technology?"

Lei Jun said directly: "Because of Musk?"

Zheng Li: "Yes, so I hope you can compete directly with Musk and compare Tesla with Tesla at the press conference."

Lei Jun smiled and said: "Don't worry, Tesla is the leader of new energy vehicle companies on the market. Our goal is to be the leader, and we will definitely compare ourselves with Tesla."

In the past, rice phones were compared with Apple, and later they were compared with Huawei. Naturally, rice cars will not let Tesla go.

Although Tesla's sales in China dropped significantly after the invasion of the Lion City R&D center, more than a year later, Americen's media and public relations capabilities are too strong.

Consumers have basically forgotten about that incident, and Tesla's sales have returned to their peak.
Chapter completed!