After having a picnic in the Hollywood Hills, Nan Yi and the other two began to go down the mountain.

On the way down the mountain, Scarlett suddenly said, "Adam, do we want to enter the automotive field?"

"Why did you suddenly talk about cars? I encountered a chance?" Nan Yi asked strangely.

"No, I just think that except for agriculture, we can be the leader in the industry, there seems to be no chance for others. Then we can only take the path of diversified development, and get involved in various industries. After a few years of development, we can see which areas we can continue to move forward.

Then focus on the development of these fields, cut off investment in other industries, and focus on the development of advantageous fields.

The automotive industry is a very important industry and one of the leading industries in the world today. It would be a pity if we didn’t enter."

"Tell me your thoughts."

"The privatization of the Eagle Kingdom has been underway for several years. Since last year, with the re-election of the Conservative Party and the strengthening of the majority in parliament, the pace of privatization of the Eagle Kingdom has accelerated significantly.

Eagle state-owned Jaguar, Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Rover, Land Rover, Lotus, MG, mini, McLaren, multiple brands, whether it is Rover, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Jaguar, Lotus, and Land Rover, all have their own engine R&D capabilities.

Any brand we can gain a foothold in the automotive industry.

Let’s stand firm first, and then in Moutu, in Europe, it’s hard for us to have a chance, but we can go to Asia and China. Isn’t China vigorously introducing automobile brands and technologies? We can go to China to establish a joint venture.

China has a large population, and in the future, as long as one percent of people can buy cars, this is a huge and very promising market."

"The idea is good, but whether it is the privatization of the Fa Kingdom or the Eagle Kingdom, do you think they are serving foreign capital? No, they are serving their own country, finding a balance between capital, workers, and government.

Domestic capital can cause internal strife, but it will never give a foreign capital opportunity.

Do you think you can get something if you break in and rashly?"

"Adam, is there a problem with your understanding? I am talking about us not only refers to Pan American, but also about the Nan family. If Pan American cannot enter, can the Nan family?

Haven't you been paying attention to the woman named Catherine Bolin? Can't you participate in the privatization reform of the Eagle Kingdom?"

"Haha, I blame me for not changing your identity for a while." Nan Yi patted his forehead and said, "To be honest, I had the idea of ​​buying a small car brand, either to enter the automotive field or to build a safe vehicle for ourselves.

However, this does not mean that I have no idea about the automotive field. I have no idea about fuel vehicles. If I had been twenty years earlier, I might have bought a car brand and then slowly developed.

Now, the strong pattern of several major automobile brands has been formed. It is difficult for us to break in and try to make a bloody road, but this does not mean that we have no chance at all."

"What do you mean, or not?" Scarlett asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, listen to me continue." Nan Yi waved his hand and continued: "Whether it is Scarlett Grain Group or Shennong South Grain Group, there have been climate data from various places over the years.

According to data, since 1965, the global climate has been slowly warming, although the change is very slow. I have asked someone to ask the climate observatory of the Arctic and South Pole that the melting rate of glaciers in the Arctic and South Pole has been accelerating.

Do you know what this means?”

"What?"

"When global warming, this will cause drought in many parts of the world. When land becomes drought, water resources will naturally evaporate.

First of all, this will cause the death of several cold-resistant animals. There is a food chain between animals. When one of the animals becomes extinct, it will lead to very bad consequences, the food chain collapses, and other animals become extinct one after another.

And when the global warms, the frozen prehistoric viruses in the glaciers may be released, and when these viruses spread around the world, they may have unpredictable consequences.

Even if we don’t consider the virus issue, we only consider water, once water resources are scarce and the land becomes drought, grain crops will reduce yields, and at that time, most people’s meals will become a problem.

People can have no cars, TVs, air conditioners, etc., or clothes, but they feel that they cannot have food and drink. It is precisely because of this understanding that I have put our Nan family’s main business in agriculture and animal husbandry.

If the problem of continuous deterioration of the environment cannot be solved, then we humans can only go in two directions, either find a way to leave the earth, go to another planet where humans can survive, and start a new life.

Either adapt and evolve, allowing ourselves to adapt to future climates.

But there is always a cycle of evolution. What should we do within this cycle and how should we survive?

It still depends on grain and water, so I will carry out research topics on high-yield crops, alternative grains, soilless cultivation, and drought-resistant cultivation at the Institute of Viagra.

I even want to directly carry out the research on photosynthesis. Do you see that plants generate starch and sugar through photosynthesis. Is there a possibility that we can directly convert the light and carbon dioxide in photosynthesis into energy objects that can replace food?"

"Adam, are you stupid? Your idea has a pseudoscience flavor. Just like that Stanley Meyers, you said that you wanted to invent a hydropowered car. Do you think it's possible?"

"You can't say that hydropowered cars are really possible, but it's not just using water as fuel to drive cars. I haven't returned the physics and chemistry knowledge in high school to the teacher, right?"

"Hmm, you said."

"Dad, do you want to say that water can be decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen, and hydrogen can be burned to produce power?"

"Haha, our family is really smart." Nan Yi praised Nan Ruoyan first, and then said: "Water itself cannot be used as fuel, but it can be converted into fuel or energy carrier, but this requires additional energy input. For example, we can electrolyze water to make hydrogen, and we can also use metal sodium to react with water to make hydrogen.

We just need to add extra energy to the water. Although according to the laws of thermodynamics, the energy input from decomposing hydrogen from water far exceeds the energy output from hydrogen combustion. It seems very unprofitable now, but it does not mean that there will be no breakthrough in the future."

"Since there is energy to decompose hydrogen, why not directly supply this energy to the car engine? Isn't this an unnecessary move?"

"Ha, your idea is good, right, why don't we just supply energy to the car?" Nan Yi smiled and said, "Does Thomas Davenport know who he is?"

"In 1834, Thomas Davenport, a Chinese man, built the first electric tricycle powered by a dry battery-powered DC motor, but the driving distance was short and unable to charge.

In 1838, the Eagle Man Robert Davidson built the first electric car powered by a dry battery.

In 1847, the Chinese man Famo built the first rail-free electric vehicle powered by a battery that could carry two people. He installed the electric motor on a wheelbarrow and was powered by 48 Grove batteries.

In 1881, Faguo electrical engineer Troof built the world's first electric tricycle powered by lead-acid batteries, and exhibited an electric tricycle that can be actually operated at the International Electrical Appliances Exhibition held in Paris the same year, which caused a lot of sensation.

In 1896, Hartford Electric Light Company proposed to lay a charging infrastructure so that people could buy cars from General Electric and replace batteries through Hartford Electric Light Company as a way to refuel.

The service lasted from 1910 to 1924, and helped electric car owners travel a total of 6 million miles.

In 1897, a brand new electric taxi began to take to the streets of New York City, which was the first commercial use of electric vehicles.

In 1899, German Ferdinand Porsche invented a hub motor to replace the chain transmission that was commonly used in cars at that time. Later, the loner-porsche electric vehicle was developed, which uses lead-acid batteries as the power source and is directly driven by the hub motor in the front wheel.

Subsequently, he also loaded two hub motors on the rear wheel of the car, thus giving birth to the world's first four-wheel electric car.

In 1902, Ferdinand Porscher installed an internal combustion engine on this electric car to generate and drive the hub motor, which is also the world's first hybrid car.

In addition, he developed the first multi-functional fully hybrid car - semper    vivus.

On this model, two generators are combined with a gasoline engine to form a charging device that provides power to the hub motor and the battery at the same time.

Compared with internal combustion-powered cars in the late 19th century, electric vehicles have many advantages in other aspects, such as easy starting, no noise when the motor is working, no engine vibration and unpleasant gasoline smell.

Moreover, the high torque output characteristics of DC motors at low speeds make it unnecessary to use complex transmission systems and easy to operate when used as a vehicle power. Therefore, electric vehicles have become a major development direction for motorized vehicles.

In 1911, the New York Times used perfection to describe electric cars because they were more environmentally friendly, less noise, and more economical than fuel vehicles.

From the late 19th century to the early 2000s, electric vehicles became popular in Europe and the United States and entered a stage of commercial development.

By 1912, more than 34,000 electric vehicles were registered in the country alone, becoming the heyday of early electric vehicles. By 1915, the number of electric vehicles in the country reached 50,000, and the market share of electric vehicles was 16% higher than that of internal combustion engine vehicles.

By the middle of this century, the development of electric vehicle technology basically stagnated until the end of World War II.

Since the 1930s, oil extraction and refining and internal combustion engine technology have made rapid progress. Vehicles equipped with internal combustion engines have faster speeds. The sustainable cruising mileage of one-time fuel is about three times that of electric vehicles, and the cost of use is low.

Due to the slow progress of battery technology, electric vehicles are difficult to compete with fuel vehicles in terms of performance, price, etc. In the 1940s, electric vehicles basically completely faded out of the market and entered a hibernation period.

By the 1970s, the Middle East oil crisis broke out, putting the world in a situation of oil shortage. People began to pay attention to other power cars, and electric vehicles began to recover.

At this time, the country first used fuel cells for space as the main power supply for the space shuttle.

Since then, European and American countries have turned their research on fuel cells to civilian power generation and as power sources for automobiles, submarines, etc.

All famous automobile companies have successively invested a lot of manpower and material resources to carry out research on the development and research of fuel cell electric vehicles.

Major automobile companies have joined the International Fuel Cell Alliance supported by Congress, and each company undertakes corresponding tasks to produce cars powered by new fuel cells.

With the support of the Ministry of Energy, General Motors has launched a car that uses proton exchange membrane fuel cells and storage batteries to power them.

Now, the impact of the energy crisis has gradually dissipated, and the development of electric vehicles has been slow.

How about it, Adam, am I talking about it in detail?”

"Wow, it's very detailed. I have studied the information about electric vehicles specifically, but I haven't sorted it out. You have said this year and you have made the history of electric vehicles very clear?"

"Of course, I have planned several issues of the history of electric vehicles, and I know everything about the information about electric vehicles." Scarlett said with his chin proudly: "So, let me mention what Thomas Davenport wants to do, don't tell me you want to enter the electric vehicle field."

"Aha, I'm very smart. Global warming will definitely attract the attention of countries around the world. "New energy" will definitely become a hot topic in the world at some point. We skip fuel vehicles and directly plan for the future.

As for automobiles, there are only two directions that are more feasible. One is hydrogen energy and the other is electric energy. We bet on both ends. Whichever block and whichever has a better prospect, we will increase our investment."

"I don't understand hydrogen energy. Electric energy is talking about batteries, right?"

"Yes, battery." Nan Yi nodded.

"Then which one do you want to bet on, lead or lithium batteries?"

"Does this question still need to be asked? If you don't talk about voltage, energy, and storage life, just talk about pollution, and lithium batteries are more malleable. Why do I think about laying out electric vehicles? Isn't it just from an environmentally friendly perspective?"

"So, the next step you want to lay out lithium ore?"

"Smart." Nan Yi praised first, and then said: "But it is not comprehensive, I not only have to lay out lithium ore, but also graphite ore.

Graphite oxide was discovered more than 100 years ago. 26 years ago, some people discovered that using a mixture of sodium nitrate, potassium permanganate and concentrated sulfuric acid can obtain graphite oxide more efficiently.

Then graphene oxide is accidentally prepared. If the word "oxidation" in front of graphene is removed, it will be a brand new material that has crossed the ages.

Many people have already put forward speculations about the role of graphene, which can be used in battery electrode materials, semiconductor devices, sensors, capacitors, transistors, etc.

I don’t care about the rest for the time being. Just a battery electrode material is worth a bet on me.”

In fact, if you bet on the der, how could Nan Yi not know the bright prospects of graphene? Before he traveled through time, some applications of graphene had been invented, but they were not popular yet.

Even if his generation will not be rewarded with graphene, there will definitely be clues in his son's generation, and at worst, the generation of his grandson should be widely used.

But save a small amount of land and keep it for your descendants to farm.

As a father and grandfather, Nan Yi had to leave a few gold mines for his descendants to mine, and a few "gold mines" for his descendants to dig.
Chapter completed!