Chapter 1188: Ending an Empire's Hope

In order to handle the Ning Wang Era, Han Lie had long crammed a lot of information about power batteries.

With his intelligence, it took him less than three days to fully understand the development history, basic principles, and processes of modern power battery technology.

Let’s briefly talk about the big picture.

At this point in time, the entire power battery industry is a chaotic mess.

The reason is that there’s no reliable industry standard.

Various future-renowned manufacturers have now developed car power batteries that are so bizarre you wouldn’t believe it.

Some batteries look like they’re designed for off-road toys… Others in a T-shape look questionable… And some as weird shapes as car chassis.

It doesn’t seem like they’re seriously making cars; it feels like monkeys were sent in as a joke.

We have to wait until next year when the German Automotive Alliance strongly introduces the VDA standard for power batteries. With standardized modules, the entire industry will finally be on the fast track.

What is the most impressive aspect of the automotive industry’s scale effect?

Quickly expanding the pie and efficiently reducing costs.

Then, in this process, battery technology begins to iterate rapidly.

By 2025, the latest power battery technology is… uh, Han Lie doesn’t know.

Anyway, by then, the domestic market had basically monopolized global battery production capacity. Whether it’s ternary lithium or something else, Han Lie doesn’t have any memory of it.

However, those radiation-loving monsters, living quite well, seem to be close to mass production of hydrogen fuel power batteries under a national system.

Is low-cost hydrogen fuel cell the ultimate version?

Right now, Han Lie is uncertain.

But, that’s not important anymore.

Anyway, as long as he brings out the complete process technology of solid-state lithium batteries, all battery companies in Japan, South Korea, and America would instantly be wiped out.

The path of lithium batteries would reach its end, leading everyone to shift to hydrogen fuel.

Because considering either cost or energy density, solid-state lithium batteries are the strongest answer before miniaturized nuclear energy.

Hydrogen fuel is indeed more environmentally friendly, but it’s only left with being environmentally friendly.

Before seeing the specific data, Han Lie firmly believed in his judgment.

After seeing the specific data, Han Lie was completely dumbfounded.

[Full Technology of Solid-State Lithium Battery]

[Full set of patents, mass production technology, standard templates, and upgraded materials of various specifications for producing solid-state lithium battery ‘Sparks’]

[Sparks Technology Indicators are as follows—]

[Weight energy density: 2800Wh/kg (watt-hours/kilogram)]

Seeing this, Han Lie rubbed his eyes and immediately looked up the data of Ning Wang’s latest generation product. As a result, holy cow… it was only 105Wh/kg!

More than 20 times?!

What level of black technology is this?!

Considering the energy density, it seems like it could be used to fly airplanes?

Han Lie immediately searched for related knowledge and quickly confirmed, yes, as long as the Sparks are produced with guaranteed quality and quantity, it would be a piece of cake to become aviation power.

No matter how you arrange the overall module and layout, a 2000-kilometer range is a base value.

Looking at other data—forget it, no need to look, just find the lowest level data quickly!

If we really produce according to the 2800Wh/kg standard, not mentioning costs and such, it’ll definitely lead to being shot at…

Scrolling back through a huge amount of data, Han Lie finally found what he wanted.

[The entire technology has gone through 5 generations of upgrades, the first generation being a high-nickel ternary lithium cathode material, oxide semi-solid electrolyte, silicon-based anode semi-solid battery]

[Energy density 285Wh/kg, 6C charge and discharge rate, cycle life 2800 times…]

Perfect, this is it!

Just good enough to dominate the global battery industry and directly propel electric vehicles to the highest standard of 2025 without being overly exaggerated.

Ramp up production capacity massively, achieve trillion-dollar revenue and trillion-dollar market value within 5 years, and let Toyota and Tesla perish!

In a moment, Han Lie has completed a 5-year plan.

The first car would naturally be in cooperation with SAIC, directly launching a big satellite, shocking the world.

Then open more sub-bases, strive to ramp up production capacity, prioritize cooperation with domestic car companies, and capture all high, medium, and low-end new energy car series.

Meanwhile, acquire car companies in the Mining Province, spend money to attract talent, and create an ultra-high-end car brand entirely their own.

The first car, make a fully electric supercar!

Han Lie has already thought of the name—Han Wu Emperor!

The power system must use second-generation battery technology, with higher energy density + a lighter and smoother car body, compressing zero to hundred kilometers to about 2 seconds, could there be anything cooler?

Five years later, if foreign countries still refuse to give up and somehow manage to achieve 60% of the first generation Sparks performance… then license the patent, massively open it to domestic enterprises, and then start their own production of the second generation.

Aren’t you good at stealing, following, playing dirty, and loving nationwide subsidies?

I’ll let domestic competitors fight a price war with you, hey, everyone play slowly, I’m off to mass-produce new products!

With at most three tries, Han Lie could definitely destroy the battery industry of all countries.

—Not just a single company, but an entire industry.

Drowning their hundreds of billions of dollars in comprehensive investments, and not just once, who can take it?

In the end, the investment in hydrogen fuel cells would probably only be sustained by Huaxia.

With their government capable of making targeted investments, persisting on a path with little obvious future, Japan and South Korea definitely can’t do it.

Because, even if they persist until 2030, they would still be far behind the third generation of Sparks, so what’s the point of holding on?

Enterprises couldn’t hold on, and governments were unlikely to reach consensus through internal discussions anyhow.

Huaxia’s distinction lies in having a superior system on one hand and a monopoly-level battery industry providing continuous tax revenue and industrial conversion, able to afford that bit of wasted money.

With industry standards in Huaxia, the major profits in the entire new energy field in Huaxia, the industrial base in Huaxia, the right to speak and price naturally also in Huaxia.

If they try to choke Huaxia’s neck with chips again, then… go ahead, choke as you wish.

I’ll still sell batteries, continue to collect patent fees, you make your moves, if you can, raise battery tariffs.

Anyway, the most advanced technology is in my hands, you could either compete with Huaxia car companies at high costs, or abandon Huaxia batteries, use your own backward products, and compete in the low-end market with price wars.

At this very moment, Gou Lie has dug all the pits.

Around 2023, Western countries might manage to scrape together a battery slightly inferior to the first generation Sparks, with a chance of imposing a ban and embargo with America.

Before that happens, Han Lie would exaggerate the cost of the second generation Sparks in advance, suppress production, creating a false image of immature technology.

Forcing them to block.

Forcing them to increase investment in the battery field.

Forcing them to unite in sanctioning Huaxia batteries.

Then, waiting for them to start large projects, happily promoting halfway… the third generation battery suddenly emerges!

Massive authorization of second-generation technology to domestic battery manufacturers!

The price of low-end new energy vehicles get smashed down to the level of Wuling Hongguang!

With a range of 1,000 kilometers, 20-minute fast charge, equipped with Beidou navigation, the entire car is under 100,000 RMB…

What BBA, cow dung donkey, all die for me!

If executed well enough, expertly enough, the global automotive industry might completely reach an endgame within those two years.

Moreover, once the world’s dependency on oil significantly decreases during those crucial two years, the so-called oil Mi Yuan would collapse on its own, dramatically elevating the RMB’s status in international settlements.

So, whose bubble will the Mi Yuan interest rate cycle burst?

The answer is self-evident.

When it comes to batteries or automobiles, Han Lie is an amateur.

Yet, with extremely high financial wisdom and insight into macroeconomic international competition, he immediately figured out how this little battery industry could stir up such a huge storm.

As long as at the most appropriate, most critical time point, the significance of fuel cars could be completely nullified, then it would be tantamount to destroying one cornerstone of the oil industry.

And the collapse triggered by this cornerstone would completely bury an empire.

Therefore… it must be seized!

Han Lie glanced at the price, 3 billion experience points.

Quite impressive, but extremely valuable.

So without further ado, Han Lie grabbed Pan Ge and went to America—to buy a plane!

I won’t allow my princess to not have a Princess aircraft when she gets married, and to ride some regular flight!

As soon as Gou Lie said this, Pan Ge exploded on the spot.

So soft like a puddle of mud, melting without touch…