The first batch of cars in the world that use gasoline engines as power output appeared in 1885. German engineer Kalpenz developed a three-wheeled vehicle equipped with a 0.85 horsepower gasoline engine, while another German engineer, Godlib Daimler, also developed a four-wheeled vehicle powered by a 1.1 horsepower gasoline engine almost at the same time..com

Although gasoline-powered cars appeared in the 19th century, they were still in the 20th century.

The first mass-produced car appeared in 1908. The first four-wheeled Ford T-mobile car in automobile history that was assembled on a production line was born in the United States. The term mass production began to mean that it could be used by more people. With the maturity of production technology and the continuous reduction of costs, it will definitely be able to gradually integrate into the lives of more people.

As the world's first mass-produced car, Ford T-model changed the shape of previous car models, and combined with innovations and improvements in functional configuration, it became the best personal transportation tool in the city at that time. It sold 19,000 vehicles in the first year of its launch. If it continues according to the original development route of history, by 1920, when the T-model was retired from the assembly line, it will always create a record of 15 million vehicles produced.

Human society has always been in the midst of continuous development and progress, and any record creation means that it can continue to be created and rewritten. The one that breaks the myth of T-type car manufacturing is also an epoch-making car. Its classics are comparable to T-type cars. Only the Beetle sedan from Volkswagen, which can win such honors.

"Sturdy and durable, without paying attention to luxury and popular prices. After the car is launched, it will definitely gain enough market and will be a strong opponent in fierce competition with Ford T-mobile. If our Yamei Automobile Company really wants to take root in the automotive industry, it is absolutely right to choose it!"

"Well, it's reasonable. However, what we need to consider is not just to be sure that it's so simple to make Beetles. Even if you have already made detailed drawings, from large frames to small screws and nuts, we can quickly create a sample car as long as we have the ability to process according to the drawings. But what do we have now? There's nothing, right?" Zhang Yusheng looked at the large stack of drawings on the table, feeling both wanting to laugh, but also crying.

In Zhang Yusheng's plan, he hopes to achieve a double harvest of talents and profits with the help of automobile manufacturing, but the current situation is really not optimistic. First of all, Zhang Yusheng only provides funds with one clothing company. Even if the clothing sold is high-end or profitable, once the automobile project is launched, it is not as simple as a thousand dollars. He doesn't know how much test materials it will cost to manufacture an engine, but those expenses are based on a huge budget.

Secondly, even if you have drawings and materials, Zhang Yu said that many things do not match the capabilities of today's mechanical processing equipment, and the processing accuracy cannot meet the requirements. Moreover, even with processing and manufacturing equipment, how should two people who lack manpower establish a Chinese automobile company?

Finally, a car company needs to build a large number of factories, install various machinery and equipment, store various materials, and even consider the feelings of employees. It is impossible to build a car factory too far away from the city, making it extremely inconvenient for employees to eat, wear, live and travel.

All kinds of problems need to be considered. When Zhang Yusheng came up with the plan book before, he suddenly realized that he was facing far more problems than expected. "If we plan well, we will definitely have a way to solve these problems, definitely!" Zhang Yusheng lay on the table, looking at the patterns made of various lines. Although his homework and knowledge were shallow, he could also know the charm and wealth contained in it. "Only by knowing yourself and your enemy, you can never win a hundred battles! We are just thinking about our own difficulties, what about Ford? Didn't I get you a car back? It also cost me hundreds of dollars."

Zhang Yu, who also scratched his head and ears for various problems, realized after his elder brother reminded him that things might turn around. "I studied the car you bought. He is known as the most memorable and beautiful and bizarre in the history of human machinery industry, but he has many advantages and of course disadvantages."

"First talk about its advantages. I want to know why this car can sell 15 million yuan in volume. A car sold for 100 US dollars is a sales achievement of 1.5 billion yuan. After excluding the cost, it is really a considerable profit!"

"Haha, in fact, if we can build a better car, we can make sure to sell it for thousands of dollars and make more money!" After cheering up for ourselves, Zhang Yu returned to the previous topic: "About his advantages, that is, his simple and convenient structure, flexibly used a large number of technologies that have been accepted by society. In other words, as long as people who know a little mechanical power, they can repair any minor problems in the car."

"A front-mounted 2.9l four-cylinder integrated engine can provide 20 horsepower, allowing the vehicle to reach a speed of up to 72 km/h. It can be powered by gasoline or alcohol combustion. In theory, the default configuration of T-type cars consumes about 7.8 to 9.4 liters per 100 km. How expensive is gasoline in today's world? Calculate that it is cheaper to drive a Ford than the cost of riding a carriage. In other aspects, it uses 3-inch front wheels with 3.5-inch wooden wheels with a standard wheel pitch of 56 feet. Coolers, acetylene headlights and many small parts are made of brass, and vanadium steel with good durability is also widely present on her. Even if some parts are occasionally replaced, it can be accepted by consumers. After all, how expensive are things made of wood?"

"So, these advantages directly give it a low cost, which allows it to have an incomparable advantage than its competitors in terms of price, so it can quickly enter the home of ordinary people in the United States as a public utility."

Without Zhang Yusheng's reminder, Zhang Yu immediately started talking about the weaknesses of the T-model.

"Its biggest disadvantage actually comes from its advantages, and the problem comes from its inexpensiveness. Just imagine how a machine that basically uses conventional technology can have performance beyond the times. I can combine the cars we will produce in the future to compete with and tell you its shortcomings."

"First, this type of car uses a hand-cranked starting handle to start, which must delay the ignition, otherwise it may damage the starting device or be injured by the spiral starting handle. Therefore, as long as we develop an electronic starting device with strong practical ignition, we can surpass it in this regard. The second point has been mentioned before. Since the car's 10-gallon fuel tank is placed on the car frame under the front seat, another design that considers the needs of American farmers is equipped with an improved carburetor that can use ethanol as fuel. Since the fuel relies on gravity to flow from the fuel tank to the carburetor, when the T-type car is on the vehicle, it cannot climb steep slopes when there is less fuel on the vehicle. The usual solution is to drive the car uphill upside down. I ask you: Whoever wants to drive such a car on the road, and you have to reverse the car when you encounter a slope! So, this is also a big breakthrough point for us."

"Third, the car does not have a water pump, and the engine cooling is achieved by natural circulation based on the thermosiphon principle. Due to the light mass of hot water, it rises to the top of the engine and enters the cooler. When the temperature drops, it returns to the bottom and returns to the engine. Although this circulation cooling method is adopted by most automobile factories, even after equipped with a water pump, as long as we have developed the invention of a cross-flow cooler, hahaha!! I don't need to say more about how to make money."

"In addition, the T-type car uses rear-wheel drive planetary gear transmission. Simply put, it has three speed modes: one is high-speed, one is low-speed, and the last is reverse gear. There is no clutch pedal, the shift is completed by three pedals on the cockpit floor, and the accelerator is controlled by a handle behind the steering wheel. This driving method seems very alternative to you and me, but this is indeed a simple driving mode. We have to make a fuss about simplifying the clutch operation and finally have a certain advantage."

"The front and rear axles of the T-type car are equipped with non-independent suspension systems with elliptical springs horizontally. The front axle of the car is forged as a whole by a drop hammer; its right pedal stops the rear axle through the hoop of the brake drum on the transmission system, and hand brakes are realized on the external role of the brake drum, which is its braking system. In these two aspects, we need a better suspension system and braking mode. The current American highway is not a flat cement road or asphalt road. Once the soil road is crushed, it will be uneven. The ending is that a car is as bumpy and uncomfortable as a carriage. But we launch a better car to make the rider comfortable as possible. Will it win the favor of consumers?"

After hearing this sentence, Zhang Yusheng suddenly realized that according to Zhang Yu's words, difficulties are no longer difficulties. Thinking that Ford Group, which is one of the top ten automobile industrial companies in the world in the future, mainly produces cars and has a comprehensive multinational monopoly industrial group in the fields of electronics, aviation, steel and military industry, is about to "destroy" in his own hands, Zhang Yusheng couldn't help but feel proud.

"By the way, I remember that the cars of this era only seem to be painted in black! The cars that appear in the old movies I have seen are all unified black, but I heard that different consumers actually have different loves. Ladies definitely don't like the solemnity of black. Perhaps red, green and other things can add to the characteristics of the product. Inside the car, certain accessories can also be matched with car refrigerators, radios, wipers, small heaters used to light cigarettes, etc. Not only do they pursue perfection in terms of car body performance, but they also need to create high-quality products from details, so that they can achieve the ideal of making more money in one car." Zhang Yusheng, who calmed down, gradually expanded his thinking, constantly connecting his later experiences with current difficulties, and embarked on the right path of solving problems step by step instead of complaining.

"Yeah, that's right. The results of my tests confirmed that the Ford car you bought were the vegetable paint body. They used brushes to brush linseed oil on the surface of the car body one by one. The painting work took about a week. DuPont nitro coating combined with spraying technology, which was invented in 1924, will it be an absolute match for their weakness. By the way, do you have any questions about the patents you asked you to inquire about now?"

"I don't have any signs. The US Patent Office has no registration record for gasoline engines. If you want to get it, you have to go to Germany. But now I can take it off unless you give it to me. But after a while, it's better for each patent. Let's talk about it first. In addition, I got an unexpected gain? I only realized that we may not be short of money for good things." Zhang Yusheng said, his face was about to smile.

"What, talents and patents are what I need, I am not interested in the rest!!" After hearing that there was no sign of patents, Zhang Yu held a pencil in distress, sighed slightly, sat down to hear what the elder brother's unexpected gain was.

"I have approved all the patents I applied for, no matter what bras or thongs he has won. However, I have obtained all the paper clips invented by Swedish John Waller in 1899, the sliding locking device of Whitcomb Judds in 1893, and the price is cheaper than a cart of cabbage. In this way, my clothing factory must immediately expand its scale to meet the needs of more product manufacturing. In short, you may not understand the principle that 'diamonds are long-lasting, one will go bankrupt', and small things can also create great wealth."

"You are only so focused on these gadgets. When can you get the patents for crank links? You will spend your whole life with your patent usage fee in your next life!!" Zhang Yu is a science student and is definitely interested in inventions and creations, but he is more inclined to heavy industry. As for the elder brother who even needs to register an invention patent for bras, it really opened his eyes. "Then you go and go to your money-making plan. I won't bother you within two or three weeks. The remaining drawings are manly enough for me to stay up for a few nights." After laughing, Zhang Yu realized that maybe the elder brother is right. Life without women is thirsty, and life without money is so hot. Zhang Yu doesn't want to be so bad if he loses funds at a critical moment.

Zhang Yusheng began to be busy with his work, while Zhang Yu turned on his light brain to find all the electronic books and materials of the University of Technology Library that he collected and downloaded during his college years. The fast intelligent system quickly found more related information about the Beetle for him.

In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler wanted to produce a popular car that could be widely used, so he appointed engineer Ferdinand Porsch to complete the task. Hitler's requirement for this car was: it could carry two ** and three children, with a maximum speed of 100 km/h and a price of no more than 1,000 marks. At the same time, a savings plan was launched to enable ordinary people to buy cars.

Ferdinand Porscher had briefly described the initial technical parameters of the car he designed to the outside world for several years before he was subjected to this task, but he failed to form a product until his car was recognized and supported by the head of the empire. In 1931, Ferdinand Porscher took out the first design drawing of Volkswagen, and in 1935, the first 22.5 horsepower and 700cc prototype was built. Soon, 50,000 kilometers of road tests were completed, and 30 prototypes were manufactured one after another, completing nearly 2.4 million kilometers of road tests. In 1938, the construction of the Volkswagen factory began in Wolfsburg. Soon after, the Beetle sedan was officially mass-produced and then became popular throughout the earth for decades. Even though the times and technology were constantly improving, its classic shape was still used by people.

I remember that Ford's T-model has been on sale. Once Ford adds the assembly line production process to actual production, I believe that the entire United States will be filled with T-model cars. So Zhang Yu is busy with his work, and also hopes that Ford, who is visiting the slaughterhouse, will not be too smart and must not think too early about other people's assembly line operations in automobile production.

Of course, placing the hope of survival on the enemy is not Zhang Yu's habit, nor is it the enlightenment that a strong man should have. Therefore, Zhang Yu has always urged himself to speed up and make everything start to blow the horn of chasing from May 10, 1909!
Chapter completed!