Chapter 690 Cooperation

"Our original plan was to conduct an IPO this year, but the current situation..."

Musk shrugged and said helplessly:

"So this plan can only continue to be postponed, but Tesla's current situation is relatively stable, and I believe we can tide over the difficulties."

Judging from his words, Musk is relatively optimistic about Tesla.

Of course, this is also partly due to British Automotive Group’s previous investment of US$150 million in Tesla, which has improved Tesla’s financial situation a lot. At least now Musk has the confidence to make the company It will last until the IPO next year.

Yes, in his plan, Tesla will conduct an IPO next year. After all, only in this way can Tesla be able to raise substantial financing again.

In the original time and space, we also encountered the subprime mortgage crisis. When Tesla's IPO was blocked, Musk spent almost all the funds he had obtained from his previous business, plus when he visited their company in Aoguanhai , persuaded the other party to support it, and then the company managed to go public.

Otherwise, no matter which step is not successful, I am afraid that there will be no future glory for Tesla.

"I also think electric vehicles are still very promising, but the current technology in this area, especially battery technology, still needs to continue to accumulate..."

"In addition to batteries, electric vehicles are still different from traditional fuel vehicles in many ways, and many technologies also need to be re-developed."

After hearing Musk's addition, Barron nodded and said:

"I have a proposal, which is related technology research and development. British Automobile Group can cooperate with Tesla. Under the current economic situation, whether it is Silicon Valley or British, some related technical personnel have lost their jobs. We can take advantage of this opportunity. Increase R\u0026D personnel..."

Barron's proposal made Musk quite interested, but his hesitation was still the issue of funding, not Tesla's exclusive use of the technology they developed.

After all, at this time, although Musk is optimistic about the future of electric vehicles-otherwise he would not bet all his wealth on Tesla-but he can know what Tesla can achieve in the future. No matter what scale, it is still unrealistic.

After all, compared to traditional car companies, Tesla is nothing more than a toddler. Even the Mode series of cars have not yet been successful. How can Musk have the confidence to say that Tesla will become the company with the highest market value in the future? What about the car companies?

And there is also a real problem, that is, the powerful traditional fuel car companies are boycotting Tesla. It is a bit exaggerated to say that they are specifically trying to obstruct it, but does the elephant need to use all its strength to obstruct the ants? ? A puff of air from the nose can make the ants fall on their backs.

Therefore, if we can get the support of one of the car company groups, the British Automobile Group, and cooperate with it, it will be equivalent to a powerful ally for the current Tesla company.

Although the British Automobile Group cannot compare with the current leading companies such as Daimler Group and Volkswagen Group in terms of scale, at least one thing is that the British Duke in front of him is not short of money at all. .

As for the funding issues that Musk is worried about, Barron also promised that British Automotive Group can invest a considerable amount of funds into the cooperation between the two parties. This is actually equivalent to sharing the research and development costs with Tesla, and One more ally.

This kind of temptation is really difficult for Musk to refuse...

For Barron, he certainly knows that new energy vehicles in the future, especially electric vehicles, are undoubtedly the general trend.

In this field, there are only two groups at the forefront in the world, Tesla and Chinese car companies, while European car companies have completely fallen behind.

As for Japanese and Korean car companies, they have completely declined.

As for trams, some people buy trams from European car companies, or even buy a brand, and buy trams from Japan and South Korea... What are they looking for?

It is precisely because of knowing this result in the future that now that Barron has the British Automobile Group, it is natural to take precautions and lay out the track for new energy vehicles in advance.

You must know that in addition to Tesla, BYD, a company in which he holds shares, has also begun to develop electric cars very early...

And BYD also has the advantage of batteries.

Barron knows that in terms of cost, due to the existence of China's complete related industrial chain, it will be difficult for the British Automobile Group to surpass the Chinese car companies, but at least through early layout, it will be able to compete in the mid-to-high-end electric vehicle market in the future. In terms of electric vehicles, the British Automobile Group at least still has the ability to fight. If nothing else, it can't even beat Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen in electric vehicles.

So after the two parties hit it off, it was decided that the British Automotive Group would cooperate with Tesla to set up an electric vehicle-related R\u0026D center in the United States and England respectively.

The British Automotive Group will invest a total of US$100 million in these two R\u0026D centers in advance to support their joint research and development of related technologies.

Barron also used this to finally make a new investment in new energy vehicles and make arrangements in advance.

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It’s also worth mentioning that Musk doesn’t have a girlfriend now…

Yes, he has not met Talulah Riley, who amazed everyone in "Inception" - or to be more precise, they may not meet... at least they will not get married.

Because in the original time and space, Musk met Talulah Riley in a club in 2008, that is, last year, when he went to London to relax after divorcing his ex-wife.

At that time, Talulah had just starred in "Romance and Prejudice" and became a little popular in England. It happened that she went to the club to meet Musk after attending an event with two other actresses, and the two fell in love at first sight.

But in this time and space, when Musk went to London last year, Barron received him - after all, he had invested in Tesla at that time, and it was very normal to do his best to be a good host for Musk.

So under Barron's arrangement, Musk happily spent a few days in Neverland, and then returned to America.

As for Talulah Riley...

In her previous life, her appearance in "Inception" did amaze Barron.

And speaking of it, her marriage with Musk was not perfect. They broke up and got back together, divorced and remarried once, but eventually became strangers.

So, since marriage is so hurtful, it's better to let the beauty not be destroyed by marriage...