Chapter 197 Toyota's Ambition
"Does your company also want to invest in hydrogen fuel cells?"
Toyota originally just wanted to provide a courtesy reception and see if they could cooperate in TT advertising. However, after hearing the purpose of Wang Yi's visit, their eyes lit up.
"It's a bit of an immature idea, but most of the relevant patents are in the hands of your company."
Wang Yi said without comment that, in fact, according to another parallel world, Toyota will gradually open up its hydrogen energy-related patents for free starting next year, and eight years later, all of their more than 20,000 patents will be open for free.
The purpose is to expand the cake by offering "free", and then use their first-mover advantage to seize the high-end market. Unfortunately, the choice time in the parallel world is still a little late.
The reason Wang Yi came here this time was because he was impressed by Toyota's attitude.
It is a consensus among many forces that new energy will definitely occupy a considerable proportion in the future, and this can also be said to be a major trend.
However, new energy also has its direction. Take energy storage as an example. Both lithium batteries and hydrogen fuel cells are worth further exploration.
Both routes have their own advantages and disadvantages. Lithium battery technology is more mature, and the main issues that need to be overcome are safety and energy density. In addition, the issues of battery recycling and lithium ore consumption need to be considered.
Although hydrogen fuel cells have many issues to overcome, such as hydrogen embrittlement, safety, transportation, and hydrogen production costs, there are still many issues to be solved, but it is still a direction.
Because the ceiling of lithium batteries is visible, the upper limit of hydrogen fuel cells is ultimately higher.
This is also the reason why Toyota is betting on it. They are not stupid. They would not make such a decision if it is really not feasible.
Hydrogen fuel cells do not burn hydrogen, but rather ionize hydrogen atoms to generate electricity, which is then combined with oxygen to form water. In essence, it is also a battery.
It has its own advantages in terms of energy density, environmental protection, raw materials, etc., but there are more problems that need to be overcome and solved!
For Toyota, the progress so far has actually been quite smooth, and many problems are being overcome.
It’s just a pity that the Japanese market itself is actually so small. If they don’t get the support of the two players above, they won’t be able to have a good time.
The supporting hydrogen refueling stations, hydrogen production plants and related transportation logistics, professional vehicles, pipelines and even cargo ships, etc., all require an overall and long-term layout!
This is not just a technical issue. Once the leading players decide not to play with it, Toyota can only watch helplessly, even if they produce a finished car now.
Although the situation of electric vehicles is still unclear and Toyota's SX electric car is still struggling , Toyota is already preparing to start lobbying in advance and is boasting about the benefits of hydrogen fuel cells through various channels.
TT was originally an important direction they wanted to build public opinion for, and now that they heard Umbrella expressed interest, they were of course even more excited!
"In fact, we can agree to the patent authorization, but your company also needs to agree to a few small conditions..."
There was no long discussion like with Connie, but after a short meeting and discussion, Toyota made the decision and put forward the requirements!
"Your company needs to promote hydrogen fuel cells on TT, and our two companies will work together to lobby the United States. In addition, because of the hepatitis B-specific immunoglobulin, your company has a great influence in the East, so you can also lobby..."
Toyota is not prepared to keep the whole thing to itself and is willing to open up licensing, but the prerequisite for licensing is that if Umbrella has a technological breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cells, it will also need reverse licensing.
After all, it is very likely that the other party has mastered some technology, which is why they come here. Toyota does not want to license it out and then work for nothing!
So this item must definitely be added.
In addition, we need to negotiate and lobby together, and it would be best if we could build a factory together...
It can be said that the requirements put forward by Toyota are reasonable purely from a business perspective. It's nothing to want a win-win situation.
But for Umbrella, it is completely different.
Ordinary authorization doesn't really matter, but how can Magic Craft give you reverse authorization? This is too sensitive, there is nothing we can do.
Umbrella is not going to rely on hydrogen fuel cells!
If we have a choice, we will certainly not agree to Toyota's request.
"Our company is not saying that we must choose this route. If the patent license only costs a little money to purchase, it doesn't matter. But now, we can't agree to your company's request."
Wang Yi was able to sense Toyota's confidence through the conversation. They were still confident in their hydrogen fuel cell project and believed that as long as a breakthrough was made in technology, they would be able to lead the world again.
In the future, they will gradually open up patent licensing for free because they have already gained a first-mover advantage in technology and are not afraid of catching up.
It's a pity that the "reverse authorization" that Toyota might have agreed to has big problems, and it may be difficult to convince them to accept it.
After all, Toyota should be the most confident at this moment.
With the other party having such expectations, Wang Yi knew that this time he might not be able to reach an agreement. But fortunately, the main goal has been achieved. If there is no way to add icing on the cake, then there is no way. Lithium batteries are lithium batteries. This aspect is also pretty good...
"Mr. Liu, don't you want to ask the company?"
Toyota is somewhat unwilling to accept this. They are confident and have high expectations, but they still attach great importance to the cooperation with Umbrella.
"No need. I can make the decision on behalf of the company. Everyone, I hope there will be other opportunities for cooperation next time."
Toyota was a little shocked when he heard Wang Yi say this. When he first saw the letter, he thought the word "full responsibility" was just a normal business statement, just a representative.
But I didn't expect that the other party could really do this!
However, just as Wang Yi judged, Toyota is still full of confidence at this time and continues to invest huge amounts of money. It would be best if Umbrella could cooperate, but if not, it would not be unacceptable to them.
Although the two parties did not reach an agreement, they still ended the communication in a relatively decent manner. At the same time, Toyota also stated that it would negotiate with TT on several advertisements.
Although Toyota did not make any effective progress afterwards, the procurement of some ready-made machine tools was very smooth. It was not that we had to wait for you to make brand new ones, but we could just buy ready-made second-hand ones.
The trip to Neon was almost perfect...
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"Umbrella's press conference on 'Red Queen' is about to be held."
After the plane landed, Wang Yi switched his identity and came out of the Umbrella laboratory in China, and was reminded by Lin Shiqin.
"Yes, I found some ideas about the repair of myocardial cells last time, but in order to prevent others from taking advantage of it, I have to deal with the fake one first."
Wang Yi sorted out his clothes and got into the car driven by Xu Feng who came to pick him up.
Regarding the repair of myocardial cells by stem cells, Wang Yi actually figured out his own thing and even tried to strengthen himself a little.
Although he is still the same great knight, his endurance and explosive power have been significantly improved.
Of course, this is a magical technological operation that combines stem cells with magic power itself, which is very different from the steps in the original paper.
And if we want to commercialize it, there is still some way to go.
Myocardial cells are highly differentiated cells, somewhat similar to the central nervous system, which means that any damage caused to them in the future is almost irreversible.
The less death, the less.
This is also one of the most troublesome effects of myocardial infarction and various sequelae of heart disease, which can cause damage to the function of the heart itself and lead to heart failure.
It is precisely because cardiomyocytes are so important that the paper on the repair of cardiomyocytes by stem cells caused such a huge sensation and led all major forces to invest a lot of money in research.
After all, the number of deaths from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases has always ranked first!
If it can really effectively repair the myocardium, it will definitely be a milestone breakthrough.
I have to say that if the other party is just proposing a hypothesis, then the direction may be fine.
There are several types of stem cells, and all tissues in the human body are differentiated from stem cells, including cardiomyocytes.
Stem cells themselves do have extremely strong plasticity, but currently there is almost no effective way to control how and why stem cells differentiate.
At present, there are actually many methods for stem cell cultivation, but the speed is a bit slow. There are certain cultivation methods but no controlled differentiation methods. The applicability is still very limited, and most of them are concentrated in laboratories.
In practical tests, if the relatively easy-to-obtain c-kit+ stem cells are used, the main repair is only the blood vessels, or it can also be effective in repairing soft tissues for some arthritis patients, but it still depends more on "luck".
Apparently, the scholar who forged the paper and committed academic fraud did not get lucky...
