In 1885.
Two Germans have a gadget thrown upside down.
It only has three wheels, but it can run.
It also has a single-cylinder four-stroke gasoline engine with a maximum power of only 2.5 hp.
As a result, it can only run as fast as 15 km/h.
This is the world's first car.
Then, the world's first automotive patent was born.
The man who built the car was Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler.
Then, Carl Benz gained the title of the father of the automobile.
And founded the famous Mercedes-Benz car.
And Gottlieb Daimler is also one of the founders of Mercedes-Benz.
Therefore, Mercedes-Benz, whose status in the automotive industry is self-evident, may not only be synonymous with luxury cars.
Even today, with the rapid development of new energy vehicles, we should still keep these two Germans firmly in mind, because they represent a spirit of innovation.
We can also see that the West, as the birthplace of automobiles, has also given birth to many excellent car companies, most of which have been established for more than 100 years.
In the field of automobiles, it has accumulated a deep historical heritage.
At the same time, it also has solid technical barriers, with a large number of automobile-related patents, engines, gearboxes, chassis, exterior design, etc.
This is certainly a barrier that domestic car companies will never be able to overcome.
After all, we started too late and fell too far behind.
If China wants to develop in the automotive field, it will definitely not be able to avoid their patent barriers, and they will be able to obtain the high patent fees we pay without doing anything, which is definitely not a small amount.
After all, there are still too many blanks in this field, such as motors, electronic control, CTB, batteries, intelligent driving, silicon carbide, ......, we all have too many first-mover advantages.
China's new energy vehicle patent disclosure, accounting for about 70% of the global publication, in 2023 alone, China's automotive invention patent authorization reached 107,800, a year-on-year increase of 14.02%, these data also prove China's innovation ability in the field of new energy vehicles.
Therefore, the "corner overtaking" of domestic new energy vehicles is not as simple as words.
Look at the increasing penetration rate of domestic new energy vehicles, and the increasing sales of major new energy vehicle companies, it is clear that compared with fuel vehicles, domestic new energy vehicles have indeed "overtaken in corners".
Now, the major new energy vehicle companies are not satisfied with the domestic market, and have begun to move towards overseas markets, not only new energy vehicles have begun to export, but also major car companies are also building factories overseas, directly producing locally and selling locally.
In the face of this situation, foreign car companies can only sigh.
Because, on this brand-new track, they realized that it was too late, perhaps because they were unwilling to easily give up the fuel vehicle market that had already matured and could make a lot of money just by lying down.
In short, they are indeed lagging too far behind, especially in terms of the entire new energy vehicle supply chain, which cannot be built overnight.
They may not lack technology, and they can also build new energy vehicles, but they can't do it with the same low cost and low price as we do.
Then, as you can see, Western countries have announced the suspension or abandonment of the new energy vehicle strategy, which I personally think is more like a "smoke bomb".
Even if they really give up, "if you can't beat it, give up" may also be their helplessness.
Perhaps, many "conspiracy theorists" will think that this is a "trap" of Western countries, "people just deceive us to vigorously promote new energy vehicles, and then, when we are all gone, they will suddenly stop playing with you...... And there are a lot of such remarks on the Internet, and it has also been nirvana by many people.
In fact, people with a little discernment will not believe this kind of statement, because the cost of this "conspiracy theory" approach is too great, and China's automobile market share alone is as high as 30 million, and no car company is stupid enough to give up the world's largest automobile market.
Even if they are fully crushed by China's new energy vehicles, these foreign car companies and joint ventures are still struggling and constantly calling for and boycotting new energy vehicles.
Then, we only need to look at one data to know how outrageous this "conspiracy theory" is, and whether the so-called "complete withdrawal of new energy vehicle strategy by Western countries" is a "smoke bomb"?
Let's look at Mercedes-Benz first, the new energy models currently on sale are: Mercedes-Benz EQA, EQC, EQE, EQS, EQESUV, EQB, C, E, S series new energy.
The number of new energy models has far exceeded that of many new domestic car companies.
Looking at BMW again, its new energy vehicles have i3, ix3, ix1, i4, i5, i7, mini ......, and there are no less than 7 models on sale, and i3 has been reduced by 170,000, from 350,000 to 180,000, what is this doing? Giving benefits to Chinese consumers?
This calls Western car companies to abandon the new energy vehicle market?
Continue to look, Audi, currently has new energy vehicles Q5e, Q4e, Q2Le, GTe, RSe, although it is a little less than the above two luxury car companies, but there are still a lot.
Even Porsche, a luxury car with handlebars, has 4 new energy vehicles, namely: Taycan, cayenne, Panamera, and Macan new energy.
Let's take a look at the Volkswagen, which is dominated by fuel vehicles, there are a total of: ID3, ID4, ID6, ID7, Magotan, Passat, Tiguan L, Tanyue, Touareg New Energy ......, and there are as many as 9 new energy vehicles on sale.
This is the so-called withdrawal of Western countries from the manufacture of new energy vehicles?
Could it be that they are building so many new energy vehicles just for a "conspiracy" to play with China's new energy vehicle companies?
Therefore, the development of new energy vehicles is definitely a very correct national strategy, just look at the efforts made by Western countries to suppress China's new energy vehicles.
The more they suppress, the more anxious and scared they are, the better we do.
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