My Age of Investment

Facebook and YouTube are developing rapidly, and Envision Capital has also set sail.

At this time, Xia Jingxing received another good news.

The first prototype of Tesla's first car, the Roadster, was built.

Xia Jingxing drove his own Tzero sports car and took ten minutes to arrive at Tesla.

Although Tesla is also in Silicon Valley, its office location is much more remote than Facebook and Vision Capital.

After parking the car at the door of the factory building, Xia Jingxing opened the door and got out of the car.

As soon as he got out of the car, he saw a group of people walking out of the factory building. The two leaders were Eberhard and Tarpenning, who had not seen each other for a long time.

"Daren~"

Eberhard saw Xia Jingxing from afar and waved with a smile.

Xia Jingxing stepped forward, bumped fists with the other party, and said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations, you have completed a historic breakthrough! It's amazing!"

Eberhard laughed heartily and let out a hearty laugh.

Tarpenning also stepped forward to bump fists with Xia Jingxing, the former said sincerely: "This honor belongs to everyone, belongs to Tesla, and also belongs to you.

We wouldn't have been able to stick with building prototypes without your financial backing. "

"Yeah, Darren, you've done a great job for Tesla too."

Eberhard still has a good impression of Xia Jingxing, the major shareholder and chairman.

They basically do not interfere in their production work, they are given enough money, and they understand what they are doing. Such shareholders are simply too good to be good, and they are the most ideal investors.

Xia Jingxing smiled without any humility.

He has indeed made a lot of contributions to Tesla, and money is the biggest contribution.

He can also bear the praise the other party gave him, so there is no need to refuse anything.

"Similarly, the 18 engineers standing behind me are also great contributors to our Tesla."

Eberhard took two steps aside, stepped aside, spread his palms and pointed at the group of people behind him, and said sincerely:

"This prototype car was handcrafted by eighteen of them and took four months to build.

Almost everyone worked overtime every day to get the car out of the way, but no one felt it was hard work, or that it wasn't worth it.

They first figured out all the structural principles of Lotus, and then overcame a series of battery technical problems.

Finally, we installed our Tesla's own motor and battery on the Lotus chassis, and then carried out circuit welding, module adaptation, modification..."

Xia Jingxing nodded. Tesla's first prototype car is actually like this. Except for battery technology, all other technologies come from other companies.

The motor technology in Eberhard's mouth actually comes from AC Drive, which is only licensed to Tesla.

To be honest, the first prototype was a modified car.

From a certain level, it is a bit like the development of the aircraft industry in the early years of the Celestial Dynasty, first obtaining some outdated aircraft and technologies from Maoxiong, and then slowly researching and improving.

In fact,

The Tesla of the previous life really reversely developed the technology authorized by the AC drive.

After listening to Eberhard's introduction, Xia Jingxing glanced at the 18 engineers and said with a smile, "Everyone has worked hard. Tonight, I booked a seat at the best restaurant in Silicon Valley, and we will have a celebration dinner together."

The crowd immediately burst into cheers, and every engineer had a smile on his face.

"Prototypes were primarily developed by three men, ** Straubel, Gene Bodichevsky, and David Lines."

Tarpenning leaned into Xia Jingxing's ear and whispered in a low voice.

Xia Jingxing knew Gene and David. As for Straubel, he had heard of each other's names but did not know them.

He was very interested in this person, so he asked Tarpenning to find him for him, ready to get to know him.

Tarpenning quickly pulled people over and introduced Xia Jingxing:

"This dude has a master's in energy engineering from Stanford University, he's a businessman, he was the CTO and co-founder of an aerospace company.

They wanted to build electric planes, but they didn't get enough investment.

Regrettably, this plan was ultimately shelved.

He joined us two months ago and is currently the technical backbone of Tesla. "

Xia Jingxing looked at the twenty-five or six-year-old young man with interest, and a lot of information emerged in his mind.

** · Straubel, known as ** brother in all corners of the world, picked up an abandoned electric golf cart in a garbage dump at the age of 13, replaced the engine, and successfully repaired the golf cart.

In college, I bought a battered Porsche 944 for $1,600 and successfully converted it into an electric car.

The car also set a world record for electric vehicle acceleration – traveling the quarter mile (0.4 km) in just 17.28 seconds.

Although this person joined Tesla very late in his previous life, he was promoted to the co-founder of Tesla by virtue of his excellent technical skills, and is known as the man behind Musk.

Xia Jingxing looked at this tall, technical expert with his sleeves rolled up and his furry arms exposed, and he took the initiative to offer his hand.

"Nice to meet you, Straubel. I heard about your Porsche 944 at Stanford."

Straubel didn't expect that the boss actually knew about the electric car he transformed, which made him very happy, even a little flattered.

At the same time, because Xia Jingxing mentioned the relationship with alumni, it immediately made him feel a lot closer.

"Daren, I have heard many classmates and teachers mention you. Everyone praises you as a very outstanding young entrepreneur."

"Haha, is that right? Could you let me experience that electric Porsche of yours when you have time?"

Xia Jingxing was talking nonsense with his eyes open. In fact, he had never heard of the other party and this car in school. It was purely for the sake of getting closer and convincing people.

"Okay, if you want to experience it, I'll drive the car tomorrow, you can just take it and drive it."

Xia Jingxing said with a smile, "Then don't you drive without a car?"

Straubel waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, I don't drive that car very much."

Xia Jingxing pointed to Tzero not far from the stop and said, "I'll just switch to your car, you can drive my car."

Straubel laughed, "Hahaha, that feels like I've made a lot of money."

The two had just reached a deal when Eberhard who was not far away greeted Xia Jingxing: "Let's go, Darren, I'll show you the prototype car."

"it is good!"

Xia Jingxing responded, followed behind the other party, and walked into the factory building.

A black two-door convertible sports car parked in an open place, with smooth body lines, a smiling face in the car's head, and a low body, the whole car looks very cool.

This is Tesla's first prototype car.

The appearance is very different from the Tesla after more than ten years. In fact, this is a Lotus. The appearance is exactly the same, but the core is very different.

Because it is a prototype car, the appearance has not been redesigned, mainly to save some money, and it is not necessary for external exhibitions and sales at the moment.

"Would you like to go up and experience it?"

Eberhard saw Xia Jingxing eager to try, and directly suggested.

Xia Jingxing pointed at the car and asked, "Can it go on the road?"

Eberhard thought that Xia Jingxing was afraid of potential safety hazards in the car, and explained with a smile, "Our team has driven this car dozens of times, and there is no problem at all. You can drive it with confidence."

"Okay, then I'll have a driving experience."

Xia Jingxing opened the car door and noticed that the welding points of the car door were a little spotty, but he didn't care too much. For the first prototype car, you can't expect too much. It's normal to have flaws.

Lotus' central control and interior are very simple. This car company started out by making racing cars, and that's all.

The space inside the car was a bit cramped. After Xia Jingxing sat in, he felt that he was tightly wrapped around him, and there was not much room for movement.

Start the ignition, engage the gear, release the brakes, start, and the car slowly drives out of the workshop.

Xia Jingxing was driving, and he first found a road with relatively low traffic flow and experienced an acceleration.

A strong feeling of pushing the back hit, the car pressed against the ground and rushed out in an instant.

He feels similar to Tzero's acceleration, without a particularly noticeable improvement.

After wandering around for a few more laps, and testing the performance of cornering and deceleration, he drove the car back to the factory.

Curled up and got out of the car, Xia Jingxing asked Eberhard who was standing not far away, "How long does this car take to accelerate to zero? It feels similar to Tzero."

Eberhard nodded and admitted calmly: "Yes, the acceleration is not much improved, mainly in battery technology, there is no breakthrough solution yet."

Xia Jingxing nodded, indicating that he knew.

The two chatted for a while, then called Tarpenning, and the three went to the office in the next office building together to prepare for the opening meeting.

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