The owners of Xinghan Mini and countless ordinary people think that isn’t it just a car fast charge? Isn’t it just an APP to bind the card to pay for electricity? After using it twice, it seems that you are used to this mode, so why bother with so many things?
But for traditional car manufacturers...
The news that Xinghan Mini can be equipped with fast charging is tantamount to throwing a blockbuster into the automobile market, telling everyone: What you can have in a fuel car, I can have in an electric car too! And it doesn’t take long to charge!
In the past, if it was fully charged in 10 hours, they would not care about the configuration of Xinghan Mini, whether it has a central control screen, whether it can be modified, how cute it looks, how low the cost of the car is, and no matter how low it is, it is not as convenient as a fuel car!
But now... Xinghan Mini only takes 30 minutes to fill up, which seems to be quite different from the few minutes it takes to fill up a gasoline car. However, when comparing the cost and convenience of using the car, what is the point of recharging it for a while?
Don’t forget that Xinghan Zhixing can install private fast charging charging piles! Can you move the gas station for your fuel vehicle to your own yard? Or move it to the garage?
In addition, the Beijing Olympics gave Xinghan Zhixing and Xinghan Mini a wave of world-class advertising. As soon as the fast charge came out, Xinghan Mini's daily orders continued to rise, and the expansion speed of Xinghan's directly-operated stores was also accelerating.
In the past, it took seven days to be stationed in one city, but now it can be stationed in three cities in one day. The time it takes to open a store is also much shorter. With the injection of a large amount of capital, a Xinghan directly-operated store can be completed in only 30 days.
City officials in some cities have already considered whether to build charging piles and charging stations to promote new energy vehicles like Haicheng, but they gave up after a brief consideration. There is still no basis for promotion.
Only traditional car manufacturers are still in a hurry. They know that once new energy vehicles develop, they will have a huge impact on the fuel vehicle market, but it is useless to be anxious, and it is impossible for them to transform!
"It's okay! Don't be anxious! Xinghan Mini is just a mini car and poses no threat to us. The headquarters has already sent an email asking us to wait. They are already investing in the research and development of hydrogen energy..."
"But--"
"Nothing is wrong. If it doesn't work, we can also seek cooperation and try to develop in this direction, but remember, we are only temporarily compromising! If we have the chance, we will definitely bring down Xinghan Zhixing!"
"..."
It is probably impossible to destroy them. But before, Chinese automakers were shamelessly begging to cooperate with them, and the shares had to be voluntarily given up to them. Now they are asked to cooperate with Stardust Technology...
They really can't accept it~
Who can understand this feeling of disparity?
Domestic car manufacturers are happy to see the major imported car companies suffer, but they also feel a headache. Look at Stardust Technology. The mobile phone market is doing well, so why do they have to mess with the car market?
Cars are not high-end technology products~
This sentence would have been ridiculed by countless people in the last century. If a car is not a high-end technology product, then what is? But now... the engine technology of fuel vehicles seems to have entered a bottleneck state.
The development of household cars also makes people think that cars are daily necessities rather than daily necessities, but Xinghan mini is different. Its appearance is to lay a user base for Xinghanzhixing's products.
Xinghan mini is not that high in technology, but what about Xinghan 001 and the more powerful Xinghan 01?
And its connection with 4G, mobile phones, and Stardust OS also embodies the development concept of "Internet of Everything". This "ecological chain" development model scares many manufacturers, and they even have other ideas:
"Should I also acquire a mobile phone brand and connect it to Hongqi OS to build my own smartphone?"
While they are struggling, they are still having a headache: Some niche car brands (no-name brands) are already taking action. Should they also try to develop new energy vehicles?
Even if you don’t specialize in electric cars, do you need a central control screen? Do you need to use Hongqi OS or Stardust OS for the system? The former is relatively cheaper, but the quality is definitely average, and the battery needs to be good...
After counting all the miscellaneous things, hey, a lot of accessory fees and patent fees have gone into the pockets of Stardust Technology. Who is the car manufacturer?
Before they could take any action, at 8 a.m. on August 27, an APP called "Polestar Auto" was quietly added to the Stardust app. Due to the lack of publicity, the number of APP downloads that day was very poor.
Only people who often pay attention to the "latest batch of applications list" of Stardust App will notice that there is such an APP. Lu Dongchang is such a person who stays up late at night to pay attention to this thing.
The emergence of smartphones not only changed his life, but also changed the lives of many young people, allowing them to say goodbye to the era of going to bed early. In the past, going to bed at 10 o'clock was considered too late, but now they are just getting ready to go to bed at 12 o'clock.
As a "Zhunxinghan Mini" owner, Lu Dongchang is now very sensitive to words such as "intelligent travel", "car", "modification", and "mini". When he saw "car" in the application list, he immediately
downloaded.
Seeing that the download and installation of Polestar Cars was completed, he realized: "Eh? That's not right! What on earth is this thing? A new car game?"
Only then did he flip back and read the introduction, only to discover that Polestar Auto is a car brand APP. From it, you can check your own car condition information, or check the store, order online, and make an appointment for a test drive...
But what brand is this?
"His grandma! What kind of hot-blooded chicken can build a car? Can it be put on the Stardust app? The review of the Stardust app should be more careful!"
Having said that, Lu Dongchang still clicked on the Polestar car icon with a black background and a white cross. When he went in, he found that it seemed a little different from what he thought...
"No, are all the APPs for these brand-name cars so sophisticated? Does the interface look okay? Let's see what kind of cars it has~ Wait! What is this!? Polestar X? Polestar G? Is it also a new energy vehicle?
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Lu Dongchang was dumbfounded. This was the second new energy vehicle brand he had seen besides Xinghan Zhixing. The APP had exquisite pictures and perfect functions, and it seemed that it had even launched a product?
Just kidding, I don’t care who made Polestar Auto’s APP. Even if it’s not as good as Xinghan Zhixing’s APP, it’s definitely top-notch. It also includes the 3D appearance and test drive function of Mirage.
There are only two cars in Polestar. Polestar X looks like a larger family car. It will definitely be considered mediocre in 2022, but now, its appearance design is quite impressive.
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The air intake grille on the front face has been cancelled, which makes the integration of the front face very strong. Coupled with various chrome-plated strip decorations, the overall texture looks good in the APP, and the color matching is also a lot more conventional.
Just black, white, red and gray, there are no fancy colors, but looking further...
"Holy shit! What is this? A taxi?"
A Polestar X painted in sea blue appeared on the screen, with a familiar rectangular taxi plate on its head. There were empty/occupied signs in the middle and at the bottom of the front windshield, and there were also signs on the body.
Haicheng’s unique labels, such as wifi, welcome slogans...
The most awesome thing is that Polestar X also has in-car wifi. Stardust mobile phones can be automatically or manually connected as long as they get in the car and turn on wifi. Although it is very dizzy to play with mobile phones in the car, even though the taxi has wifi, it is of no use.
But ordinary people don't think so. After all the hype and publicity by the Stardust Marketing Department, they only know that taxis in Haicheng have wifi and air conditioning, and the driving noise of electric vehicles is much lower.
Not only did the original taxis not have these functions, but the driving experience was also very poor. Taxis in other cities also did not have this function. As the saying goes: I can use it, but you can't live without it!
Motion sickness when using a mobile phone even with WiFi? That’s my problem, but if you don’t have this function, it’s your problem.
Anyway, there is no cost for a car wifi. If other mobile phone manufacturers also want to have the function of automatically connecting to wifi, they must either pay Stardust Network for technical authorization, or promote new channels themselves.
Chen Zifan not only wants to combine Stardust mobile phones with products, but also uses WiFi and 4G to integrate Stardust mobile phones with various scenes. He actually wants to directly cover the entire city of Haicheng with dedicated WiFi for Stardust mobile phones.
But the three major operators definitely don't do this, and the costs have not been recovered yet. Even if they want to do it, they can only do it in Haicheng, and it is impossible to promote it nationwide. For the sake of long-term development, Chen Zifan temporarily gave up this idea.
At least wait until 4G or even 5G communication technology is fully popularized, Internet communication is fully developed, the original communication method is gradually eliminated, or esim is built into the mobile phone, and 5G and wifi are integrated.
Regarding other configurations of Polestar
The remaining configurations are similar to Xinghan Mini, and some are not as good as Xinghan Mini, such as interior materials, central control screen resolution, size, etc. Of course, Lu Dongchang is not interested in these messy configurations.
But the selling price——
"The official guide price of Polestar
Excluding the taxi version, the Polestar X is just a normal family car! The space is larger than the average family car! In addition to the appearance, it may not be as eye-catching as the Xinghan Mini, and it cannot be used as a brand-modified car.
The rest is perfect! The purchase tax is also completely exempted. It is a car prepared for "pragmatists". But when buying a car, you can't just look at these. You also need to look at brand power, product quality control, and after-sales, which are equally important.
So Lu Dongchang clicked on a nearby Polestar Auto store, and the result showed 0. Currently, there are only four stores nationwide in Haicheng, and they were all renovated from the original Polestar Auto stores.
Functions such as booking a test drive and ordering products are still not working properly. There is no way. Currently, Polestar X is still in the experimental stage and there are still at least two months before mass production and launch. It is good to see the product in advance.
Lu Dongchang also knows that this is a "new brand". Well, in the field of fuel vehicles, it is a brand among brands, and in the field of new energy vehicles, it is an emerging brand.
Well, it's a double standard, but that's it.
Otherwise, except for Xinghan Zhixing, the whole of China may not be able to produce a "genuine" new energy vehicle manufacturer, unless those traditional auto manufacturers join the new energy camp and launch a new energy vehicle.
Theoretically, it is very feasible, because with the brands, users, and 4S stores they have accumulated, they can easily promote their products, but in fact, these car manufacturers are still in various stages of hesitation.
This is a problem for large manufacturers, and it is difficult for them to make timely and effective adjustments according to the market. In other words, they believe that the market for new energy vehicles is not broad, but some small automakers have already begun to build cars.
In their opinion, new energy vehicles are much easier to build than fuel vehicles. Once the chassis and frame are built, the batteries and motors are purchased, and then all the necessary things inside are installed, a new energy vehicle is successfully produced.
After passing some tests and obtaining various safety certifications, you can enter the product promotion stage, or launch the product at the beginning, then slowly build it and continue to promote it during the mass production and launch process.
After watching Polestar
land:
"What the hell! What is this! A bus? Priced at 1.2 million? Grandma! Why don't you go and grab it!"
Lu Dongchang took another closer look. This neat, rectangular box looked a bit like a passenger car. He clicked on the interior and took a look. He didn't know it. After a quick look, he realized that the Polestar G was actually a bus.
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"This... bus is sold for 1.2 million yuan? Which city would use it! Oh~ It turns out to be a bus from Haicheng? That's okay... Oh, but it's wrong! No matter how rich the Haicheng officials are, they can't use such expensive buses.
Bar?"
He actually doesn't know how much a bus costs, but subconsciously he thinks it shouldn't be much, right? Otherwise, he can only charge one yuan? There are so many bus cards, both discounted and free.
If a bus is so expensive, how many people will it need to attract people to recoup the cost? In fact, a bus does not need to attract people to recoup the cost. Advertising is also income, and it does not need to have a high level of profitability.
The cost price of Polestar G is definitely not as high as 1.2 million. This is a false bid. Of course, if a consumer is willing to spend 1.2 million to buy a "bus"... it is not impossible, but it cannot be driven as a bus.
The required driver's license requirements are also higher. As for the problem of getting on the road, Polestar Automobile will help solve it, but being willing to spend 1.2 million to buy a "bus" and drive it back is probably not something that normal people can do.
There is also an APP called "Haicheng Bus" in the list of applications launched at the same time, which is also prepared for Polestar G. Haicheng officials have issued instructions to replace the original buses with Polestar G.
In addition to cash and bus cards, the payment methods can also be card-bound payments through the Haicheng Bus APP, which is also a type of mobile payment. The only thing that makes Chen Zifan regretful is that QR codes are not widely used yet.
Officials are already conducting various QR code tests. QR codes were invented in 1994 and were not really promoted until 2011.
After seeing the Polestar X and Polestar G products, Lu Dongchang directly posted their screenshots on the Stardust community, attracting a large number of late-nighters to watch.
In fact, there is no need for them to publish it. Tomorrow, Jiexing Motors, Xinghan Zhixing, Haicheng Official, and Haicheng Bus will conduct publicity and launch some trial vehicles before the full replacement to see the feedback of the two products.
By the way, Polestar G also has wifi, and Stardust mobile phones can still choose automatic/manual connection, which is an advantage that other mobile phones do not have.
Zhao Wushang looked at the document and sighed: "When Polestar X and Polestar G are fully promoted, the cleanliness of Haicheng will probably be improved to another level."
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