"Mr. Li, what are you planning for the future projects of our gearbox R&D unit?"

Zhou Yuanchao had many thoughts in his mind, but because he had just arrived, he hadn't had a chance to talk to Li Yifan in detail. After his previous contact, he only knew that this was a very knowledgeable, passionate and energetic boss, but he was not sure what he thought about the development of transmissions.

Li Yifan glanced at Zhou Yuanchao in front of him. He was in his early forties and was originally a calm person, but now he had a hint of uneasiness in his eyes.

It seems that the few reassurances I gave him some time ago were not enough. Why don’t Lao Zhou have an idea?

"Haha, Gong Zhou, let me talk about your current domestic and international transmission fields!"

Zhou Yuanchao was stunned. This was the boss's school entrance exam, so I'm not polite. His years of life in Australia have made him less familiar with the humble procedures in China, and this is what Li Yifan admires the most.

"At present, the international automotive transmission field is developing very fast, and several large foreign companies have invested a lot. As for now, there are only a few companies that can completely manufacture automobile transmissions internationally. The strongest ones are ZF in Germany, Aisin Seiko in Japan, and Jetco, and then Australia's DSI, as well as some companies in corners, as well as Luke in Germany and BorgWarner in the United States. However, Luke and BorgWarner in the United States do not have the ability to independently manufacture and produce gearboxes. They have their own expertise in certain fields, such as in the field of electronic control and dual-clutch transmissions. In fact, Jetco is the same. Jetco is good at CVT continuously variable transmissions, and as for hydraulic transmissions, they are not their good at it."

He is worthy of being an expert in the industry. In just a few words, he explained the field of transmissions internationally.

"But as far as the current situation is concerned, in this field, those who can survive and get good results should be ZF and Aixin. As for the situation of DSI? Mr. Li, you should know better than me."

When Zhou Yuanchao said this, he smiled bitterly. He knew very well what DSI was doing. Until now, this company has been relying on its old capital.

The current profit is entirely supported by the US Chrysler's assembly vehicle manufacturer in Australia, but the US oil tiger has gradually been replaced by Japanese cars as international oil prices continue to grow rapidly.

Ford has interrupted its contract with DSI. Now DSI's situation is declining and has suffered losses for almost years. If this continues, no one knows how long this company can last.

"As far as the current development prospects of transmissions are concerned, automatic transmissions are the general trend. Although manual transmissions can still retain a certain market share, they will definitely not become mainstream. In the field of automatic transmissions, hydraulic automatic transmissions are currently the mainstream in this market. Currently, the top international hydraulic automatic transmissions are in the fifth gear, but Aisin and ZF have developed six-speed hydraulic automatic transmissions. I believe that starting next year, the six-speed automatic transmissions will become popular in the market as high-end cars, and it will replace the current mainstream four-speed and five-speed hydraulic transmissions in less than a few years. And as far as I know, the Japanese have quietly begun to develop eight-speed automatic transmissions. German Volkswagen plans to take a different approach and start producing dual-clutch transmissions. There will definitely be a battle between these two parts in the future."

Zhou Yuanchao said something interesting. Li Yifan shook his head when he heard it. What he said was that Li Yifan seemed to be correct based on his later experience.

More than ten years later, the eight-speed automatic transmission is still high-end, and the six-speed automatic transmission firmly occupies the mainstream of the market, but the German Volkswagen dual-clutch is still time to come out to disrupt the situation.

Although the dual clutch has one or another problem, it can still fight to the death with the hydraulic transmission with high transmission efficiency and small shifting.

On the other hand, the CVT continuously variable transmission has also quickly reached the level of the seventh generation and the eighth generation due to the continuous investment of Nissan and Jetco.

CVT transmissions that have reached that level are also qualified to challenge hydraulic transmissions and dual clutch.

These are his memories of the transmission market. The reason why he attaches so much importance to this transmission is because in more than ten years, China will become the world's largest automobile sales market. The sales of more than 20 million cars each year will bring a market of more than 10 billion US dollars to the transmission field.

But sadly, at that time, there were very few domestic companies that could manufacture automatic transmissions, and in this regard they were still stuck in the neck by German and Japanese companies.

And Chenhua, which he now controls, will never allow foreign-funded transmission companies to dominate the country.

He is destined to take a bite of this cake!

"As for domestic transmission manufacturing companies, haha! Mr. Li, you should know better than me. They can't even do a manual transmission well now."

When talking about domestic transmission manufacturing companies, Zhou Yuanchao's face naturally changed into an angry and unfortunate look and hated him for being invincible.

With such good resources and such a good market, it can be said that domestic transmission companies hold a lot of good cards in their hands, but in the end they can smash it for you. The two kings threw them out in four and one by one, but they all got the bargain by foreigners. It was speechless.

"Zhou Gong, I told you before that if you join Chenhua, I will invest 100 million in advance to establish a special transmission R&D department, and then it depends on your results. If your R&D goes well, it is not ruled out that I will set up a company that integrates R&D and production of Aixin or ZF like integrated transmission R&D. But do you have any plans for the future? Or, what kind of transmission do you plan to develop mainly?"

Li Yifan asked Zhou Yuanchao with a smile. When he heard him say this, Zhou Yuanchao was a little uneasy. With such a boss, he had a feeling of dying for his confidant.

"Boss, in fact, when we were at DSI, we have always followed the international trend. We also wanted to take multiple measures, such as dual clutch and CVT. We all want to do it, but we have been trapped by the lack of R&D funds. If we return to China, I think the first thing we need to establish is the CVT transmission. After all, this kind of transmission is simple in structure, without patent restrictions, and we have the foundation for the early stage. In addition, the mainstream domestically popular are small-displacement cars, and the highest domestically produced cars are only 2.4-displacement cars, so using CVT transmissions is enough. Although CVT has one or another disadvantages, I think it is most suitable for the current domestic market."

Lao Zhou is also a person with ideas. When he returns to China, if the boss has such a big investment, you must achieve results quickly. He knows that the boss wants them to join, just to create an automatic transmission.

If you come up with results in this area, then you can do CVT, which is the fastest!

Li Yifan nodded. This old guy knew how to adapt. In his previous life, he joined Chery and took charge of the transmission research and development department. The first one he came up with was the CVT transmission. Later, this small automatic transmission once became Chery's main product, and it is also unique in China.

But this is not what he wants, he has great ambitions.

"Mr. Zhou, let me tell you my idea. If you join my company with your team, the first thing you need to do is to produce 4AT in China first. Although this transmission is gradually being eliminated by the mainstream international market, it is enough for the domestic market that is backward in the international era! The second is that you must hurry up and produce DSI's six-speed transmission to produce China. Don't frown, I know that DSI has six-speed transmission, but you don't have to worry about specializing in the specialization.

The problem of profit. Because their six-speed automatic transmission is designed to match those American muscle cars, it is developed specifically for rear-drive cars, and what I want you to do is to change it to front-drive cars. And this is in our country, even if they want to sue us through patents, it is not that easy for them to sue us. I am not afraid of a lawsuit with them. Then there is the CVT you mentioned. I also have a lot of ideas in this area, and there are dual clutches, so don’t give up..."

Li Yifan's words made Zhou Yuanchao stunned. He had known that this boss was ambitious, but his appetite was too big, right?

He not only wants to do it, but also wants to have a big fight!

In this field of transmission, there is nothing he doesn’t want to do?

"Also, don't let it go in the field of manual transmissions. The six-speed manual transmission used in Volkswagen Golf is pretty good. You can just copy it, don't worry, manual transmissions, there are not so many patent restrictions, and they are not that easy to cause trouble for us..."

Speaking of transmission, Li Yifan is erotic, talking endlessly, and even has a bit of a roar.

Zhou Yuanchao's mouth was so wide that he could stuff an egg. The more he heard it, the more he was shocked by the boss's madness and boldness. What was the rhythm?

Are you going to be against the will of heaven? Do you know how much money you need to invest in R&D alone? Are you really not using money as a way to make money?

When Li Yifan looked at him, how could he not know what he was thinking?

Damn! Afraid of a ball? Volkswagen's manual transmission has not been copied. They dare to copy their dual clutch and BYD. What's the result? Do you see Volkswagen suing?

Why don’t they sue? Because they know that they can’t win! Many domestic manufacturers still take patents too seriously!
Chapter completed!