Chapter 225: Waste of Natural Resources
"Jiang Bo, you called us all out just for this electric bike?"
Jiang Bo's roommate gave him a look of resentment.
Early in the morning, Jiang Bo dragged them all out and brought them to a shared electric vehicle point in front of the school gate.
Coincidentally, their city is one of the pilot cities!
And because college students have strong receptive abilities, the entrance to the university town is a key area.
There are also some other residential areas and commercial streets, all of which are the best locations for layout after Lin Shiqin calculated them.
"Hey, I'm here to teach you a lesson. This is traffic and hotspot."
"As for shared electric bikes, the official website of the world has already made it very clear. I don't think it is more important than our union. We are still in the mining area. What should we do if we encounter robbery?"
The other person next to him was also a little anxious.
Thanks to Jiang Bo, they actually established a decent-sized union, and have already switched from an armed merchant ship to an imperial frigate!
It is one of the few guilds that already has its own official warships. It has more than 30 fighter pilots and more than 100 members in the entire guild.
This time they went to the mining area to take on a protection mission, escorting seven mining ships to mine.
"It's okay. Didn't you entrust it to the vice captain? I know you've always been worried about outsiders seizing power, but since this union was formed through our live broadcast, we must give fans enough trust. Fans are our foundation."
As Jiang Bo was speaking, he started scanning the code and started an electric car according to the process, and the last roommate filmed the whole process.
"Family, look at what this is? A shared electric car! I believe that Umbrella's products are not that simple, and World Company's products are not that simple either. Now, let's take a look..."
At the beginning, it took a little time to scan the code for identity verification, but after it was completed, the breathalyzer test began immediately, and the electric bike was unlocked only after passing it.
"The car body is very light. I can lift it with one hand. It should be easy to control even for a girl. The maximum speed is 20 kilometers per hour. But I don't know how long it can last since it's so light. There is a battery life display on the app, but it may be because it has just been turned on. There is a bug in this thing. It actually shows 1,000 kilometers."
Jiang Bo smiled and showed the picture on his phone in front of the camera, and the others laughed along with him.
Regardless of whether you agree or not, now that we are here we must cooperate with each other.
Then they all unlocked the electric scooter at the same time.
"Where should we go first ? Let's go to the pedestrian street and have a good meal first..."
With Jiang Bo taking the lead, the small convoy set off.
In the city, electric vehicles do have unparalleled advantages.
Even a sports car that can reach speeds of over 300 kilometers per hour will have to be left behind by an electric car during peak hours...
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"Dangdang~ We arrived at the pedestrian street and bought some skewers as a reward. It was very easy to return the bike. You don't have to park it in a specific area. You can return it on any sidewalk. But you have to park on the sidewalk, otherwise the deposit will be deducted. The fare is also quite cheap, much cheaper than a taxi and only slightly more expensive than a bus, but it is much more convenient."
At this point, Jiang Bo looked at the mileage again, and it still showed 997, which made Jiang Bo laugh.
"It looks like it's not fixed yet. Let's give it a try today and see how long it takes to drain its battery."
Jiang Bo smiled and called his companions to get in the car, then started strolling around.
The normal range of an electric vehicle is usually only a few dozen kilometers, and it is mainly used for commuting in urban areas. In their opinion, it is good enough for such a compact electric vehicle to achieve the same mileage.
From time to time, Jiang Bo would stop to give scientific popularization
"Generally, electric bikes use lead-acid batteries, but since this one is so light, I think it's most likely using lithium batteries. But even with such a small lithium battery, I estimate it can only last about 60 kilometers, because lithium batteries also have to consider safety protection. Now we have been riding for more than two hours, and it will probably run out of power soon..."
Two hours later
"It's really amazing! We have ridden 80 kilometers! This is more than enough for the battery life of the electric vehicle. It's enough for me to go to the nearby county and back. It's worthy of being Umbrella, it's awesome! But I guess we have reached the limit..."
Two hours later, Jiang Bo was already feeling a little numb. What the hell was going on?
It’s cheating!
Such a small battery can run more than 100 kilometers?
"My family, I think that Umbrella Corporation is going to kill all the electric vehicle companies. No wonder World Corporation bought theirs..."
When it was dark and it was already early morning, the people who had been riding all day already felt their buttocks were numb. At this time, they had returned to the school gate and parked their electric bikes.
Jiang Bo was already terrified, and said to the camera in a trembling voice:
"Family, maybe we are wrong, very wrong..."
After saying that, he picked up the phone, unfolded the screen, and displayed the remaining mileage on the phone screen!
788 kilometers!
"Is there a possibility that what this thing shows is real? Oh, I'm not a student of related majors, so I don't quite understand, but isn't this battery life a bit too outrageous? Is there any boss who knows about this who can tell me?"
Originally, the launch of shared electric vehicles was not very popular. Although the world company issued an announcement, there was no advertising. It was mostly about some procedures and popular science on how to use it, as well as some precautions.
Therefore, not many people have been paying attention to it after it went online, and it was only piloted in a few cities.
But no matter what, this is a product of a global company, so there is still a base!
When Jiang Bo started to post short videos continuously, the traffic of the videos also increased steadily.
Lin Shiqin did not pay extra attention to traffic, it was simply because too many people followed her that the traffic pool was broken through!
In fact, Wang Yi didn’t expect that someone would start testing the battery life of electric vehicles so early. He thought it would slowly develop.
But I didn't expect someone to have such a keen sense of smell.
A large number of students and even staff from related majors immediately appeared under Jiang Bo’s video.
"It's fake. Please don't try to attract attention just for traffic. Lithium batteries can't do this. If they really did it, it would most likely be an aluminum-air battery that can't be recharged. I'm shocked that Umbrella has come up with a battery of this level, but it's not unacceptable."
In the end, so many companies still choose lithium batteries, so the comprehensive performance of lithium batteries must have advantages.
Aluminum-air batteries are mainly a type of discharge during the aluminum oxidation process, which is similar to hydrogen fuel cells to some extent. However, hydrogen and oxygen in hydrogen fuel cells eventually react to form water, which can be directly discharged. Therefore, if the technology is in place, long-term battery life can be achieved by injecting hydrogen, which is equivalent to repeated use.
In contrast, in aluminum-air batteries, aluminum oxide will adhere to the aluminum electrode.
In this case, the battery life can usually only be extended by replacing the aluminum grade. Although the battery capacity is large, it is very inconvenient.
Moreover, although the theoretical limit of aluminum-air batteries can reach 8100wh/kg, current research on aluminum-air batteries is still far from this level.
It can be said that even if Umbrella achieved this using aluminum-air batteries, it would already be a very outstanding breakthrough!
"At first I thought the anchor was just sensationalizing, but then I thought it was not a big deal. I also thought the same as my friend before. At present, the density of our aluminum-air battery is still hovering around 350-500wh/kg. It seems that Umbrella has made a major breakthrough."
"That's right. For such a small battery, the density would probably need to be 1000wh/kg, which is double the density."
"The most important thing is that it has been transformed directly from a laboratory product into a commercially available product, which is really amazing."
"Using it on an electric bike, damn, they really thought of that!"
"It's a waste of talent!"
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After this started to ferment slowly, it soon directly ignited the heat of the entire network!
Battery life is closely related to mobile phone battery anxiety.
An electric car with a range of 1,000 kilometers?
What the devil is this!
"I want to ask, can this kind of battery be used in mobile phones?"
"Fuck, my electric bike now needs to be recharged after every 20 kilometers! It's just enough for my commute to get off work."
"Mine has already traveled more than ten kilometers, and I need to change the battery."
"Is this thing for sale? I want one with such high mileage, too."
"Brother, wake up. Didn't you hear what they said? You can't charge it."
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. We can't afford to replace the battery for daily use."
"It's a pity that it can't be charged."
"It's not that I can't, it's just that it's inconvenient."
“…”
Many people began to feel regretful at this time, and were also curious about the labor costs of the world company.
It will be troublesome to replace it after the mileage of 1,000 kilometers is used up, right?
It is also because of this that many people go out of their way to try shared electric .
Turns out this thing is really convenient!
Don't worry about charging, don't worry about parking, and don't worry about losing it.
Just pull up your pants and go.
Damn, the door to a new world has opened!
However, as more and more people use them, the first batch of electric vehicles whose battery life is about to expire under high load has begun to appear.
Then……
"Guys, what did I capture?"
In one video, a TT shared electric bicycle was moving on the sidewalk by itself. If you look closely, you can see that two small auxiliary wheels popped out from the rear wheel position of the electric bicycle to keep the electric bicycle stable.
Then I watched it move slowly to a parking spot for TT shared electric vehicles and stopped there.
The person filming the video followed along and saw a magnet-like thing pop out from the two training wheels and stick directly to a pillar.
For a long time, everyone thought that the pillars at the parking lot were used to mark and separate electric vehicles.
Few people return their cars at the docking point.
But now, it seems the case has been solved.
Is this for charging?!
In an instant, the whole network exploded!
"What was that just now? Autopilot?"
"It is indeed autonomous driving! With Red Queen at Umbrella, if there are cameras and some simple operations, it is completely feasible to slowly drive at a low speed to reach the designated location. However, judging from the frequent tasks we are given to help the car, this function can only be used as an auxiliary for the time being."
"The key is why does it feel like it's charging? Doesn't it mean it can't be charged?"
"What the hell! What the hell is this? Black technology?"
"I can only say, it is indeed Umbrella?"
"You want to go crazy just to build an electric car?"
"Umbrella: From now on, I am the overlord of the electric vehicle world. Who is in favor and who is against?"
