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  Chapter 1135 Dead friends never die poor

   "Let charging piles be like gas stations, covering the whole of America?!"

Anduran repeated the rhetorical words to himself, and for a while he couldn't tell whether Siebel Automobile was going to grab the territory of several old car groups, or whether it wanted to compete with Chevron and those old oil companies. The giant opened.

Anduran is really puzzled. In other words, he has not considered the importance of charging piles to the future electric vehicle industry. After all, there is no electric vehicle at present, and it is really unpredictable whether it will succeed or fail. Thinking about building a charging pile is really too advanced.

   Just like a person who is still hungry, tell him to live in a villa and drive a sports car in the future, isn’t that ridiculous, and the same is true for Siebel Automobile.

   "Charging piles will be the most important industry of Siebel Automobile in the future. The role of charging piles for electric vehicles is like that of gas stations for cars!"

  Song Yang directly said that the emergence of any new business will indeed replace the old ones, and the entire industrial chain of the old business will also be destroyed.

Not only the auto industry, like pagers and PHS mobile phones, they have indeed disappeared, and the people who hoarded them back then, as well as the manufacturers, retail stores, and maintenance personnel attached to them, have also been affected, but the same , feature phones and smart phones have also spawned a huge industrial chain and provided livelihoods for more people.

  For electric vehicles, even the era of intelligent robots and drones will come in an unknown number of years in the future. The arrival of their era will indeed eliminate countless people who are engaged in "old" occupations.

But in the same way, countless new industries will be born, such as robot repairers and remote control robots. Maybe one day, robots will move bricks on the construction site, and tower cranes will also become those who sit in the office. People wear VR glasses to control, and behind countless robots are new practitioners who are responsible for maintaining robots, replacing parts for them, and editing programs.

The biggest difference between humans and robots is the "accident". A well-known writer who lives by "living" copyright once said that the difference between humans and artificial intelligence is that humans do not play cards according to common sense. There are disadvantages and advantages, and robots are always rational, but sometimes, it is precisely the accident and irrationality that cause miracles.

In the electric vehicle industry, electric vehicles will indeed replace the traditional automobile industry chain, no matter what engine, gas station, etc., all will be replaced, but the same will also create a large number of emerging industry chains related to electric vehicles, charging piles , car battery recycling, car driving software, and a large number of new industries related to electric vehicles will be born.

After all, it is an electric car and not a perpetual car. After buying it, it can run without charging. Charging sounds cheaper than refueling, but it also needs to be charged. After a few years of use, the battery needs to be replaced, and insurance is also required. When it comes to repair and maintenance, countless people still rely on this industry to make a living, but they just changed the word that they used to talk about fuel vehicles to electric vehicles.

Hearing that Song Yang wants to let Siebel Automobile start research and development of super charging piles and lay out the charging pile industry, Anduran is hesitant to say, the cost may exceed the standard by a large amount, and Song Yang seems to be sure about the era of electric vehicles , will come in general.

  "Siebel Automobile should start hoarding land for charging piles in advance, and purchase land in advance in the city center, expressway service areas, communities, and other public areas.

  At that time, Siebel will not only build charging piles..."

  After the popularity of electric vehicles, the biggest problem is that there are not enough charging piles. It is okay to drive halfway on the highway and run out of power. At that time, charging piles will be just like gas stations and become a rigid demand in the automotive industry.

Of course, at that time, charging piles will become one of the most profitable "businesses" like gas stations. Charging pile!

   "Super charging piles, automatic car washes, automatic replacement of car batteries, retailing of automotive supplies, and even parking lots, car repairs, maintenance, etc., can all be built together with charging piles!"

  Song Yang said to Anduran, "Even if the price of the Xibel electric car will be partially lost at that time, it can be earned back through other means!"

For many years to come, even within ten or eight years, it will be difficult to make a profit just by selling electric vehicles. Even when electric vehicles become popular in the future, it is basically impossible to expect to achieve the 25% profit of selling a car like Ferrari. It is even possible to sell a car to pay for a car, but if you make up for it through charging piles, battery replacement, automatic cars, etc., you can do it at a loss.

   And this matter must be planned in advance. If you really wait until the arrival of electric vehicles, and then lay charging piles, you don’t know how much it will cost. Now that you stock up on land, the cost can be lower.

The land hoarded in the future can also become the most valuable industrial part of Siebel Auto just like the stores of KFC and McDonald's. McDonald's has opened more than 30,000 stores around the world, and most of these stores are located in prime locations in cities. Most of the store property rights are in the hands of McDonald's itself.

  McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, when he gave a speech at Texas State University, joked that McDonald's is a real estate company. Although there are some jokes, McDonald's biggest profit is indeed store rental...

Most of these hoarded stores are rented out to franchisees and other companies, except that the McDonald’s directly-operated stores are used by themselves. Because the locations are in prime locations, there is no need to worry about renting them out. Selling fried chicken every year makes money. I don't know if I don't make a dollar, but the rent can be soft.

Siebel Automobile can also learn from McDonald's. Selling cars, let's not talk about whether they make money or not, just make friends, but charging, car washing, parking fees, car maintenance and repairs, car retail supplies and even rent, they have to receive of!

Hearing Song Yang's words, Anduran had various thoughts in his mind. Finally, he glanced at Song Yang strangely. According to this gangster's style of play, the Siebel electric car will definitely kill the gang of General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford. The auto giant has become the "roll king" of the auto industry.

When Siebel electric car is not prepared to make money by selling cars at all, it can lose money and turn to hawking, learning from McDonald's, as long as you order food, you will get toys, and give away 1.5 billion toys every year. Even if he loses money, when he can't make the other party earn a penny, who can win the Siebel car? !

At that time, I don’t know if the Siebel electric car can survive, but other car brands, including electric car peers who dare to compete with Siebel, will all be crushed to death, and the American car market is Now that the car is owned by Siebel, what price will be sold at that time, and Siebel has the final say?

Losing money is only temporary. As long as those opponents are killed, when the Siebel family dominates the American auto industry, they will be able to earn back doubled at that time, and the auto industry will stop production once it loses After that, it will be really difficult to make a comeback, because once the production is stopped, those engineers and skilled technicians will all run away, car dealers will also switch to other brands, and repair shops will have to change their doors in order to eat. A car manufacturer The suspension of production means that the entire automobile industry chain has collapsed, and it is not easy to restart.

"I see!"

Anduran's mood is very complicated. On the one hand, he feels that Song Yang's trick, if he implements it, may really succeed. What kind of shock has the auto industry looked like?

But Anduran also knows that even if Siebel Motors does not do this kind of thing, other car manufacturers will do it. How did Anduran become the most powerful man in the American auto industry, how did he get a high salary, dividends, and equity rewards? !

Seeing Anduran's leaving figure, Song Yang touched his chin. It is not a day's cold to freeze three feet. If the Siebel electric car wants to replace the giants such as General Motors, it also needs to be prepared early. Those auto magnates who still look down on Siebel Auto are digging holes, and when the time is right, they are helping them cover the coffin.

Competitors are enemies. Even if Siebel Motors doesn’t consider General Motors and Ford, they will let Siebel Motors go when the era of electric vehicles comes in the future. Since they know they are opponents, why should they be soft? To be kind to the enemy is to be cruel to yourself !

  (end of this chapter)