Rebirth of the World’s Richest Man

In fact, not only Jiang Xiaobai but also other leaders of Yong City had expected the complexity of building a wafer fab.

After all, the investment is too big, 4 billion US dollars. A few years ago, 400 million US dollars could build one automobile factory, and 4 billion US dollars could build 40 automobile factories.

As for the floor space of a car factory, I don't know how much equipment it needs, but as for a wafer factory, the floor space is not very large.

It is far incomparable with automobile factories. The funds that can build ten automobile factories are used to build a small wafer factory. Everyone imagines that the wafer factory will be very high-end.

But unexpectedly, this clean workshop was not built on the ground, but on shock absorbers, which really opened everyone's eyes.

“An important feature also needed for our fabs is the ability to move large volumes of liquids and gases.

After our wafer factory is built, according to the planning and design drawings, the entire factory will be 21 meters high, and huge fans will be installed to help circulate air to the clean room directly below.

Beneath the clean rooms are thousands of pumps, transformers, power cabinets, utility piping and chillers connected to production equipment…”

Ni Guangnan didn't have any drawings in his hand, but when he introduced the entire fab, he was very vivid.

There is still a huge construction site in front of us, and various equipment personnel have just started working. The huge construction site does not look like a wafer factory yet.

But Ni Guangnan already had a huge outline in his mind, as if he could already see, in front of his eyes, a top-notch modern wafer fab rising from the ground.

The leaders in Yong City were also very curious about wafers and asked about the situation of wafer factories and chips without listening.

"Some transistors are over 50 billion in size, and these transistors are 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.

They are made on the floors of huge ultra-clean factory buildings that can reach up to seven stories high and be as long as four football fields. "

"Chips are in many ways the lifeblood of the modern economy. They power computers, smartphones, cars, appliances and many other electronic products..."

"Generally speaking, the smaller the size of a single transistor, the better it will be: higher speed, lower power consumption, and better packaging..."

At the groundbreaking ceremony of the wafer plant that day, many media reporters came. In the newspapers the next day, some media reported that the construction of Lianxiang Computer's wafer plant broke the history of domestic chips. From now on, the country can also manufacture its own chips.

This piece of news did not attract many people's attention at the time, because many people did not even know what a chip was, let alone a wafer factory.

It will be many years later when there is a shortage of chips in the market, foreign blockades, and the use of chips to choke the necks of many domestic companies, before everyone will realize how important this news was.

After Jiang Xiaobai participated in the groundbreaking ceremony, he did not return to the Magic City immediately. Instead, he stayed in Longcheng and waited for the first generation of new energy vehicles to roll off the assembly line.

Of course, compared to the wafer fab, the bustling groundbreaking ceremony is well known to everyone. Regardless of whether they care or not, at least press releases are distributed everywhere.

However, the first new energy vehicle developed by Huaqing Holding Group, Wanxiang Automobile, Geely Automobile, Zhongyu Automobile, and Biyadi Automobile has rolled off the production line without any movement.

Jiang Xiaobai did not invite any media. He only invited Director Wang, who introduced the project in Yong City, and several other leaders. The rest were their collaborators.

Although Deputy Li Shu, Wang Fu, Wang Zhongtian, and Wanxiang Group were not deeply involved, Director Lu usually did not care about new energy vehicles, but this time Director Lu still came to participate in person.

The first generation of new energy vehicles has officially come off the production line.

Jiang Xiaobai and others also went in for a test drive one by one. Of course, Jiang Xiaobai and others would not test the car's extreme state. They would just drive it casually to feel the performance of the car.

Of course, even if Jiang Xiaobai dared to drive, no one else would let Jiang Xiaobai drive. When Jiang Xiaobai went for a test drive of Geely Automobile, something almost happened, and Jiang Xiaobai pushed the car back by himself.

Although no media reporters knew about the accident and no one publicized it, everyone has not forgotten it and still remembers it clearly.

Especially Uncle Li.

Jiang Xiaobai is also afraid that that situation will happen again. After all, this is the first generation of new energy vehicles. The specific performance needs to be tested and practiced in detail.

The data that can be seen now are all on paper.

New energy vehicles completely use electric energy. Wang Fu, as the technical person in charge, was talking about some basic conditions of the tram in front of him.

In fact, pure electric cars have been around for a long time. The electric car was invented in 1881, a full five years before Carl Benz invented the first car.

Of course, the cars of that time can only be written down in books as a piece of history. At this time, they are still far, far away from real trams.

In the history of modern automobiles, Mercedes-Benz was the first to start making electric vehicles. In 1972, Mercedes-Benz launched the LE306 electric truck with a quick-change battery system.

Through the baffle installed on the side of the body, the battery pack installed under the cargo compartment can be pulled out from one side, and the fully charged battery can be pushed in from the other side to complete the battery replacement.

The LE306 has a payload of about one ton, a battery weight of 860kg, a full battery life of 50 kilometers, a motor power of 56kW, and a top speed of 80km/h. Mercedes-Benz produced a total of 59 LE306s.

The tram was an important step in history.

In the early 1990s, Mercedes-Benz exhibited the 190E electric car based on the W201 at the Hanover Fair. At the 1991 Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz brought an upgraded version of the 190E, the 190EElektro. Each rear wheel of the 190EElektro is equipped with a DC permanent magnet motor with a total power output of 44 horsepower and a cruising range of 110km when fully charged. Due to the weight-saving design, it is only about 200kg heavier than the W201.

Mercedes-Benz's 190 is just one step away from official mass production, but unfortunately it is still not in mass production.

The first mass-produced electric car should be regarded as General Motors' EV1. Its battery life was 97km. Later, it was replaced with Panasonic's lead-acid battery, and the battery life was increased to 161km. Later, it was replaced with nickel-metal hydride batteries, which significantly reduced the vehicle weight. At the same time, the battery life has also been increased to 257km.

However, the sales price of the car was very expensive due to cost, and the sales volume was not very good. In the end, the problem could only be solved by renting and selling it.