redvbooks Chapter 125 Two-pronged Strategy
Chapter 125 Two-pronged Strategy
Chapter 125 Two-pronged Strategy
The signs of a crisis have already emerged, and Zhou Fan can no longer be indecisive at this time.
A crisis meeting was held in the conference room of Bufan Auto.
People present at the meeting included Li Gang, the head of the Shancheng branch and chief designer, as well as Yang Fan, Wang Bingbing, Wu Chao and Fatty Zhang.
There were only a few people attending the meeting, but that doesn’t mean the questions were simple.
"The problem now is that all of our vehicles have the problem of insufficient torque in the transmission, which may cause damage to the transmission in extreme cases."
"But the good thing is that most people don't have this problem yet."
Zhou Fan looked at the others with a serious tone.
"This is impossible!?" Li Gang, as the chief designer, naturally objected. He didn't think their design would fail to meet the requirements.
Wu Chao stated his reasons aloud, "Your original design only took into account the data on paper, but in fact the load brought by this engine in Race mode is beyond the limit, so the gearbox is in that kind of work." It cannot run for a long time under such conditions, and this is precisely the key point where the problem occurs.”
Li Gang stared at this unknown young man. He originally wanted to refute, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it made some sense.
"Then according to what you say, don't other parts also have defects?" Li Gang looked at Wu Chao hesitantly.
"Not really, because the gearbox is the most direct stress-bearing part, so there is such a problem. If we can use our alloy to produce the gearbox, this hidden danger can be completely avoided." Wu Chao said this, and looked at the Zhou Fan.
Zhou Fan was reminded by Wu Chao's words. In that case, why not analyze the gearbox himself?Anyway, we have to take the road of autonomy of important components.
"I have already told the research department about this issue, and they will come up with a feasible plan as soon as possible."
Everyone couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when they heard this. How much technical reserve is needed to design a gearbox?
Europe, America and Japan have basically established the technical barriers of gearboxes seamlessly, and the various technical patents of AT and dual-clutch have long been completely controlled by others.
It is extremely difficult to innovate, but this problem cannot wait!
Zhou Fan didn't explain it at this meeting, after all, it's a hundred times better to make this thing and put it there than to explain it.
"Now the problem is very clear. Let's talk about the solution and work together." Zhou Fan knocked on the table to cheer up the participants.
"Let me talk first." Yang Fan glanced at the crowd and said after seeing no one spoke: "Now we have a very simple problem in front of us. This hidden danger exists in every car. But this number is huge. We have sold nearly 5 units in a few months, and how to properly solve this big trouble is the most important thing.”
"If we decide to do a recall, it will definitely have a big reputational impact, and if we don't, what happens next could be catastrophic."
After hearing this, several people's expressions became even more serious. 5 units, this number is so large.
Li Gang's expression was solemn, "Even if there is a recall, replacing the gearbox is not a trivial matter. The cycle is longer than ordinary minor problems, and this will affect us to a large extent."
At this time, Fatty Zhang said with hesitation: "Brother Fan, I have to mention one thing first. I have communicated with our gearbox supplier yesterday. They said that the gearbox that meets our requirements is currently in the waiting stage. Many host manufacturers are lining up."
"Impossible?" Wu Chao frowned subconsciously, "Why is Ace, the gearbox giant, out of stock? Could it be because of someone's obstruction?"
Everyone knows a little bit about the weirdness revealed behind this incident, so it seems too strange that something like this happened at this time.
Fatty Zhang rubbed his stomach, and pondered: "I'll go down and investigate again, but no matter what, the goods are not available, and it's unrealistic to change suppliers. After all, we don't have enough time now."
Li Gang suddenly looked at Wu Chao and suggested an idea: "Xiao Wu, do you think this problem can be solved if we limit the power of the engine?"
When Wu Chao heard this, he didn't expect to have this idea, but he still resisted in his heart.
"Yes, in theory this is possible, but does this mean I'm sorry to the person who wants to buy this car? After all, this is considered deception."
"Isn't there no other way?" Li Gang sighed, helplessly leaning on the back of his chair and thinking about other better ways.
Zhou Fan listened for a long time at this time, and he also understood that the problem was indeed difficult, and he could only rely on the system.
He pretended to take out his cell phone, walked aside and muttered for a while, then returned to the table and started his performance.
"A phone call from a researcher just now, saying that the design of the brand new gearbox is okay. I will arrange the construction of the assembly line as soon as possible, and it will definitely come off the production line in a month at the latest."
"what?!"
"impossible!"
Wu Chao and Li Gang, as the two people who know the most about cars, are a little confused. They think it is impossible to design it in such a short time.
"Don't worry, the first part of the research said that they had already designed the gearbox when they were researching the engine, and now they are just fine-tuning it." Zhou Fan read out the draft in his stomach and stabilized the two of them.
When the two of them heard this, they calmed down. It would make sense if they had plans at that time.
"There is another thing, which is considered a good thing. They said that the 3.0T engine has been tested and can be manufactured after the production line is completed."
Only then did a hint of joy appear on the faces of everyone present. This is great news, proving that new B and C-class cars will be launched soon!
"But this can't solve the problem at hand." Fatty Zhang twisted his eyebrows and said dejectedly.
"Who said that?" Zhou Fan smiled, attracting everyone's expectant gaze.
"My plan is a two-pronged approach of comprehensive recall and universal replacement!"
Under everyone's puzzled eyes, Zhou Fan slowly explained the plan he thought of.
"Comprehensive recall, we will issue a notice tomorrow, the gearbox of the vehicle may have a problem that may damage the gearbox under extreme circumstances, and now the active recall will show that we are more responsible. Of course, the description of the problem should be based on extreme conditions as much as possible to reduce negative Influence."
"Renew for all people, which just matches with our new car launch. All users who bought Panda cars before the announcement can buy new cars at 120% of the depreciation price of the old car, and the maximum can be obtained for free!"
After listening to Zhou Fan's words, several people were dumbfounded. No one expected that Zhou Fan would come up with such a bold plan.
Yang Fan looked at Zhou Fan with even more pain, and said in anguish, "Mr. Zhou! You will lose blood if you play like this. If you think about it, the cost of recalling and replacing the car is inestimable."
"Compared with this loss, the reputation of the company is more important." Zhou Fan shook his head. Many people have said this, and he also deeply agrees.
(End of this chapter)