Rebirth 99 to become a car giant

Those who know you best are often your competitors.

This is generally not a problem.

Similarly, those who know a product best are often peers.

Yin Chuan knows what the CVT is like.

Of course, from the change in the expression of Zhang Wuchao, the director of Chery Automobile Research Institute, who was sitting next to him, Yin Chuan also knew that his worries were definitely not unnecessary.

How can I survive if the Nanshan gearbox does this?

However, Ji Hua on the stage did not know the psychological activities of everyone in the audience, but continued to introduce there.

"Some people may have doubts. Although the transmission efficiency of Nanshan Transmission's CVT is better than that of other competitors, it is still lower than that of AT."

"Then why do you still want to build such a gearbox?"

"Is it just for the smoothness of driving?"

"It doesn't make sense, right? After all, the AT gearbox of Nanshan Transmission has always been tuned very well for driving smoothness."

"Actually, the most important reasons are two."

Ji Hua paused and looked around at everyone's reactions.

very good!

Everyone seems very interested.

"One is cost and the other is fuel consumption!"

"I won't go into details about the cost. Today there are many distinguished guests from OEMs. Everyone must feel that the price of AT is too expensive."

“Although MT is cheap, it is inconvenient.”

"CVT can indeed be convenient and cheap, and most importantly, it saves fuel."

Obviously, Nanshan Transmission’s CVT market is targeting mid- to low-end models.

High-end models will definitely not use CVT.

"So when it comes to fuel saving, you may have questions again."

"The transmission efficiency is reduced, shouldn't the fuel consumption increase?"

Ji Hua asked this question, and many people couldn't help but raise questions.

Even people like Lin Jiayan from NetEase Auto Channel fell into the inertia of their thinking for a moment.

"CVT transmission is known as the most fuel-efficient transmission, and it is certainly not because of low transmission efficiency."

“On the contrary, it saves fuel consumption precisely because it is efficient.”

"This may sound contradictory, but it's actually not difficult to understand."

"We need to know that transmission efficiency is only an indicator of the performance of the transmission system itself, and does not represent the performance of the entire car."

"A car's fuel consumption depends on many factors, the most important of which is the working condition of the engine."

"An engine has an optimal operating range, which is the speed range in which it can produce maximum power and optimal fuel economy."

"If the engine runs within this range, the car can achieve optimal performance and fuel consumption."

"The CVT gearbox takes advantage of its continuously variable speed characteristics to allow the engine to always run in the optimal working range."

“It can freely adjust the gear ratio to match engine output and vehicle needs based on driving conditions and driver intentions.”

"For example, when accelerating from a start, the CVT gearbox can select a larger gear ratio, causing the engine to rotate at a higher speed and output greater torque and power."

"While cruising, the CVT transmission can select a smaller gear ratio, causing the engine to rotate at a lower speed and output less torque and power, thereby reducing fuel consumption and emissions."

"In this way, the CVT transmission can achieve the best match between the engine and the vehicle, improving the efficiency and performance of the entire vehicle."

"AT and MT gearboxes achieve transmission through a limited number of gears, and each gear corresponds to a fixed transmission ratio."

“This results in an inflexible and inaccurate match between the engine and the vehicle, often causing the engine speed to be too high or too low.”

"So, although the transmission efficiency of CVT transmission is lower than that of gear transmission, it is much higher than that of gear transmission in matching the engine and vehicle."

"We will have specific products in the exhibition hall later and can introduce some more specific parameters to you, so that everyone can have a more in-depth understanding of our CVT products."

New product launches certainly won't introduce too many boring technologies there, so Ji Hua's words basically hit the mark.

Then move on to the next product.

There were so many people attending the meeting today, and Autohome even held a live broadcast at the same time. Therefore, the situation just introduced by Ji Hua was naturally known to many other people who paid attention to the conference.

For example, within Aisin, there was a group of people watching the live broadcast in the conference room.

"President, CVT, it is indeed a CVT."

"No matter how much they say, technically there isn't much to say."

Okumura breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that the new technology released by Nanshan Transmission was CVT.

CVT is not a high-tech technology. Even compared to 6AT, CVT does not have many advantages except that it is more fuel-efficient and cheaper.

“Although there’s not much to say technically, there may be a lot to say about cost.”

"According to our speculation, a general CVT is at least 20% cheaper than a 6AT."

"If cost control is better, it is possible to reduce costs by 30%."

"In this way, many customers of Nanshan Transmission will no longer have such great cost pressure."

Yoshikawa is obviously aware of the impact that Nanshan Transmission will have on Aisin after it develops something like CVT.

Originally, they were thinking of opening up the market by establishing joint ventures with companies such as Geely and Yangcheng Automobile.

But if the gearbox produced by the joint venture is more expensive than the CVT on the market, then it will be a very embarrassing choice for the joint venture party.

High-end models can insist on continuing to use 6AT, but if entry-level models also use 6AT, the cost pressure will be great and the selling price will not be competitive.

The more entry-level a model is, the more sensitive consumers are to the price.

Under similar circumstances, the one with a lower price will definitely sell better.

"We also have CVT transmissions, but the transmission efficiency is not as high as 87%, but it is not bad."

"How about we also promote CVT to our customers in China?"

Okumura proposed a new idea.

However, Yoshikawa is not optimistic about this matter, saying: "Toyota has not yet converted the transmission to a CVT so quickly. Normally, it would have to wait for the next generation of models to start using a CVT transmission."

"If we sell products now, we can only use products produced in Japan. The selling price is not competitive at all."

"It is even possible that the price of CVT is higher than that of AT."

"In this way, let alone expanding customers, it would be good if we don't make wedding clothes for Nanshan Gearbox."

Yoshikawa is definitely not willing to do such a thing as assisting.

They all hate Nanshan Gearbox, so why are they willing to assist them?

Therefore, if there are such concerns, Aisin will not consider promoting CVT in China in the short term.

"Then what should we do?"

"Nanshan Transmission has launched three levels of CVT in one go, and it is expected that car companies will soon start to adopt it."

"After all, although China's automobile market is growing rapidly, competition pressure is also increasing."

"In this case, if the price of CVT is really advantageous, then it will definitely be acceptable."

When Okumura said this, Yoshikawa felt a little unhappy.

what to do?

I still want to ask you!

"Let's not discuss it yet. Nanshan Transmission is about to announce its second gearbox technology."

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"Theoretically, the greater the number of gears in an AT transmission, it means that the gear division is more reasonable, and both the smoothness of shifting and the fuel economy will be better."

"But it will also greatly increase the difficulty of developing gearboxes. Some friends have said that the current 8AT is already the best product, and they are not interested in developing higher-end gearboxes for the time being."

"Our Nanshan Transmission is the first manufacturer to launch mass production of 8AT automatic transmissions."

"But the pace of our technological progress will never stop just because we are ahead of our peers."

Although Ji Hua is a high-tech person, he has also learned some of Cao Yang's marketing methods.

Today is the new product launch conference of Nanshan Transmission, and it is also the publicity meeting of Nanshan Transmission.

There is nothing bad in letting everyone know that Nanshan Transmission is a company that pursues excellence and advanced technology.

Only by continuously launching new products with high gold content can a company continuously establish a high-tech image.

The current Nanshan gearbox undoubtedly already has a certain image in this regard.

The next thing Ji Hua had to do was to strengthen it.

However, as soon as he said these words, Aisin and the others watching the live broadcast immediately became nervous.

What are you afraid of?

What has just been released is CVT, so everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.

But looking at Jihua now, it is obvious that he is going to release a gearbox with more gears than the 8AT.

9AT?

It’s over!

In the next three years, Aisin will not be able to catch up with Nanshan gearboxes.

Ji Hua on the stage didn't care about the mood of Aisin's group and continued:

"After the successful development of 8AT, we established an internal research and development plan for 10AT, code-named 10R80."

"10 represents 10 forward gears, including 6 low-speed gears, 1 direct gear, and 3 overdrive gears. R represents longitudinal rear drive or four-wheel drive. 80 represents that it can withstand 800Nm of torque."

"This 10AT automatic transmission uses 4 sets of planetary gears and 6 shift actuators, combining 10 forward transmission ratios and 1 reverse transmission ratio."

Ji Hua did not give in and quickly announced the answer.

At this time, there was a lot of discussion at the scene.

10AT!

Nanshan gearbox directly skipped the 9AT and produced the 10AT.

Isn’t this awesome?

Transmission giants such as Aisin and ZF have not yet made any move in this regard. As a result, Nanshan Transmission directly took out all its products.

The world of the gearbox industry is about to change!

"Our 10AT gearbox has been installed on Xingtu and Xingkong sports cars for testing."

"I have personally tested it and found that the 10AT transmission can provide the appropriate gear ratio for the engine at different vehicle speeds, allowing the engine to always run in a lower speed range."

"This can not only reduce fuel consumption and noise, but also improve power output and acceleration performance."

"When we step on the accelerator, the 10AT transmission can quickly jump into gear and lower the gear ratio, allowing the engine speed to rise to the maximum torque range, giving us a strong push-back feeling."

"When we release the accelerator, the 10AT transmission can upshift in time to increase the gear ratio, reducing the engine speed to the lowest fuel consumption range, giving us a fuel-saving effect."

"This 10AT is very advanced, with a very close gear ratio, and the transmission ratio gap between each gear is very small."

“So in daily driving, the shifting logic is basically jump gears, and step-by-step shifting is rarely used. The main reason is to make the transmission speed drop less when shifting gears, and to maintain the maximum torque output of the engine at all times. , so models equipped with this 10AT can easily shift into 10th gear on the highway."

"Some people think that 10AT is useless. Ordinary consumers can't drive it to that kind of working condition, so they can put it in the trash can."

The more Ji Hua talked, the more excited he became.

Since coming to Nanshan Gearbox, his life has undergone tremendous changes.

Needless to say, the income has skyrocketed, and the social status has also improved a lot.

The most important thing is that this sense of accomplishment is completely unmatched before.

"Our 10AT gearbox can be installed on both pickup trucks and high-performance sports cars."

"Each model has a unique shifting logic. For example, when used in sports cars, the shifting logic pursues faster shifting speeds."

"Mounted on pickup trucks and large SUVs, it pays more attention to fuel economy and can control the engine speed to be lower."

"There can be different software program optimizations for different models."

"Our 10A has 4 more gears than the 6-speed automatic transmission. Many people think it will become very bulky?"

"What I want to tell you is that there is no need to worry at all. It is very advanced and has many units, but its weight is only about 1.81kg more than the 6AT."

"The overall structure is very compact. The overall size is almost the same as the 8AT of some competitors."

Ji Hua once again dropped a bombshell message.

This further highlights the technological advancement of Nanshan gearbox.

After all, the more gears there are, the higher the difficulty involved. Although the layout is compact, it is inevitable that the volume will become larger.

However, Nanshan's gearbox is about the same size as 10AT and 8AT, and is only a little longer than 6AT.

This shows the technical difficulty.

“The weight of the 10-speed automatic transmission has not increased significantly, mainly because the entire shape is made of aluminum alloy. The overall bell-type aluminum alloy shell helps reduce weight and enhance rigidity. Even the bracket of the transmission is made of aluminum alloy. Material. The integral gearbox has no cast iron parts.”

Everyone will know these things soon, so there is nothing to hide.

"The 10R80 10AT does not increase in size due to the increase in gears, which is more conducive to installation and matching on existing vehicles."

"There is no need to redesign the layout of the gearbox, and changes in vehicle interfaces are minimized, which can meet the needs of most models."

At this time, Ji Hua just wanted to tell customers who are using Nanshan transmission 8AT to come and take a look. Now there are more advanced products.

It doesn't require much fuss to improve ride comfort, reduce fuel consumption, and enhance the sense of technology.

Why don't you pay quickly?

"If there are too many gears, the structure must be complicated? However, it is not true. I just said that this 10AT has 4 sets of planetary gear sets, which combines 10 transmission ratios."

"The 8AT gearboxes of some European friends also use a 4-set planetary gear set structure."

"Our 10AT uses 6 actuators, including 2 brakes and 4 clutches."

"Compared with the five actuators of our European friend's 8AT gearbox, our 10AT only has one more clutch."

Although he didn't name him directly, everyone knew that Ji Hua was talking about ZF's 8AT.

So far, the most famous 8ATs in the world are Nanshan Transmission, Aisin and ZF.

This made people from ZF who were also watching this live broadcast feel very depressed.

Didn’t Nanshan Gearbox always point its knife edge towards Aisin?

Why did you suddenly drag me into the water?

I have no sense of presence among China’s independent brands!

I'm no match for you!

"In order to improve fuel efficiency, our 10AT is equipped with a variable displacement oil pump to adjust the fuel supply pressure according to speed and load."

"It uses a lower viscosity transmission oil, which requires a viscosity of 4.5 centipoise, to further reduce mechanical friction in the transmission and the workload of the oil pump."

“To cater for the start-stop function, an electric oil pump cools the inside of the transmission when the engine is off, while a fluid reservoir allows for quicker starting of the vehicle.”

"In order to extend the life of the gearbox, this 10AT is equipped with a two-stage high-efficiency filter to filter impurities in the gearbox oil."

"As a result, the cost of replacing the transmission oil will increase significantly."

“In addition to using a variable displacement oil pump and low-viscosity transmission oil, needle bearings are used instead of flat thrust washers, and even tiny springs are used to separate multi-plate clutches to reduce drag between clutches.”

Although some of today's guests do not understand gearbox technology, in addition to some popular science introductions, Ji Hua will definitely also come up with some technical-sounding introductions.

It doesn't matter even if some people don't understand.

I don’t know how powerful it is!

This is the effect you want!

"At the same time, the torque converter is designed to be thinner and larger in diameter, reaching 260mm in diameter, and has a lock-up clutch."

“It also uses electronically controlled capacity clutch technology that adjusts the amount of slip during shifts to dampen engine vibration for smoother operation delivering power.”

"After this series of optimizations, we can achieve a simultaneous reduction in fuel consumption while improving performance in all aspects."

"For the same car, just replacing a gearbox is expected to save 3% to 8% in fuel."

"And we have two models, horizontal and vertical, to fully meet customer needs."

"You can go back and take a look at the disassembly diagram of our 10AT later. I believe it will bring you a lot of surprises."

Ji Hua saw the reactions of everyone in the audience and was very satisfied.

This is the effect we want.

Be surprised!

Nanshan gearbox is so powerful!

We are the first manufacturer in the world to mass produce 8AT.

Now we are the first manufacturer in the world to mass produce 10AT.

Whether it's Aisin or ZF, can you do it?

Nanshan Group has always been very good at using the Internet.

Today is such an important technology conference, so naturally people are arranged to take action on the Internet.

[Nanshan Group 10AT launched]

This news became a hot search on Weibo after Ji Hua finished his explanation.

And in various automotive media, relevant news soon became available.

Whether it is Autohome or NetEase Auto Channel, they will first publish some quick reviews or hot news.

Then slowly publish some more in-depth articles.

For ordinary netizens, the new product launch conference of Nanshan Transmission is a bit boring.

But they don’t need to understand the specific content.

They just need to know that 10AT is better than 8AT, and much better than 6AT.

All they need to know is the powerful Nanshan Group, whose Nanshan Transmission has produced the world's first 10AT automatic transmission.

This gearbox is very advanced and is better than any product from other manufacturers in the industry.

"In 2008, Nanshan Group has already won a record-breaking 5 first-class National Science and Technology Progress Awards and 5 second-class National Science and Technology Progress Awards. Why do I feel that Nanshan Group will still be able to achieve new breakthroughs in 2009?"

"With the launch of this 10AT, will ZF and Aisin be nervous?"

"Awesome, my Nanshan Group!"

“Produced by Nanshan, it must be a top quality product!”

"Before the Nanshan gearbox, it was very difficult to buy a 6AT in China. You had to beg others to sell it."

"Not only has 6AT been used on a large scale in self-owned brand models, but 8AT has also been used in models such as Xingchen Automobile. Now 10AT has also come out. I'm so happy!"

“You can have a new product launch event like this every day!”

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Various discussions attracted some people from outside the automotive industry.

Originally, Nanshan Group had already left the industry some time ago and was very well-known in the country.

Now a world-leading 10AT has been released. Regardless of whether they understand what 10AT means or not, many people are also discussing it in the Penguin group.

Tieba and the BBSs of various universities also contain relevant news.

It feels really good to have a group of people proactively help you promote it without spending any money on publicity.

At the press conference, Ji Hua had already led everyone to the exhibition hall behind the auditorium.

Each exhibition area has dedicated technical personnel to introduce some non-confidential things.

For example, what are the shape and characteristics of the parts, how to introduce them, and how to blow water on them are all no problem.

But I won’t necessarily tell you what material this part is made of and how it’s produced.

Whether it is CVT or 10AT, all the above parts have been domestically produced.

Chip included!

This is definitely a very big technological progress!

Although the chips used in this kind of parts are not high-tech, the fact that they can be produced domestically is quite remarkable.

As so many people began to visit the exhibition hall, various specific information about CVT and 10AT also spread further.

Nanshan Transmission also provided the officially prepared soft articles to the relevant automotive media in a timely manner.

As a result, the reactions of various people who are concerned about Nanshan gearbox are also different.

Even the various car companies visiting the scene had different expressions.