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October 9, 2008

Small block header,” Constant Star's big dream: to create an alternative vehicle power batteries

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In 2004, in Suzhou Constant Star Power Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Constant Star”), Xiao Bin, general manager of memory, it is a very painful year. To get up every day, he stood before the mirror to ask ourselves: “Why do I want to go to work?”

Constant Star at that time had just set up in the near future, the self-built production line, coating machine on the copper foil all the way from all the wrinkles, like volume in the newspaper rather than batteries. “At first, our products, only 20 percent qualified.”

4 years, more than 100,000,000 yuan of investment, Constant Star “millet plus rifles,” the first step manner, the market has finally been approved, the driving force determined to produce automotive battery business in the first electric bike in the field of open shortfall, the current has become a national The largest manufacturers of lithium battery power.

To resolve the “two wheel” of the Star-hang to the official “four wheel” to provide motive power forward. A few days ago and the injection of Buffett’s BYD Bin news Pavilion dv6000 battery was mixed: “This shows that we are entering a very promising industry, but Buffett’s capital injection, our annual sales and more than 100 billion yuan BYD’s, in the capital on a certain gap. “

The three scientists with the story of Constant Star

Then known as the development of superconducting domestic scientists how Li-Quan Chen did not expect that he will use since more than 20 years of effort to pay attention to car batteries. He in the 1970s to study in Germany during the decision to open the domestic lithium battery research, but it was not until 1994, Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences to establish the real power lithium-based EX941AA battery technology research.

In 1996, finished in the Netherlands, Dr. Huang Jie school to become a key figure in the group. The ideal is full of scientists, to resolve this has been going on for more than a decade of research results into practical productivity.

Initially due to lack of funds, Huang Xue Jie Li-Quan Chen and his teacher, had to personally handling equipment, 2 a rough hemp rope broke, but for other scientists and technicians, Pushang to stand up to it, more than 600 kilograms of bat1194 equipment would be from Staircase in the middle and smashed it will lead to disastrous consequences.

In 1999, under the auspices of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xue Jie Huang introduced the Chengdu Diao Group of 30,000,000 yuan of investment, the establishment of the Beijing-sing’s Constant. Beijing-sing Constant had tried to phone, a mini-computer pcga-bp1n batteries, but the process of industrialization did not go so well.

In 2001, the national “863 Program” for electric vehicles on a major special, as the nickel-metal hydride batteries at that time a loud voice to sing for Constant on behalf of the lithium batteries were almost no voice. Academician Li-Quan Chen found the then-head of the group’s overall steel million: “The need for a lithium batcl50l battery space, it will be a historic mistake.” He later became Minister of Science and Technology Lipaizhongyi experts, to the stars Heng an opportunity for Constant Star also introduced to the combustion power. To this day, Constant Star has been on fire and driving force to maintain close co-operation - the fuel to power vehicles powered platform, in charge of the battery Constant Star, a few days ago, they joined hands for the 20 Olympic hybrid car armada m700 battery guide collar Passat Yu provided the impetus to the entire system. At present, Shanghai is also a Constant Star, “the new energy vehicle” is an important part.

In 2003, Legend Capital 82,000,000 yuan of capital injection to the yellow school-new hope. The end of the year, Lenovo and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly set up the unit, such as Suzhou Constant Star Power Limited.

Constant Star from the “four wheel” to “two wheel”, there are well-known among scientists He should get the pavilion ze2000 battery credit. The well-known scientist once received a gift is an electric bike, this group is using cell phone used by a small lithium batteries in series. Xue Jie Huang told him that there is such a battery explosion, can not be used. He then used a laboratory beaker of the raw materials do burn out a set of batteries to the old Ho.

At that time, small lithium hstnn-ub02 battery technology is mature, production has been for many years and widely used in mobile phones and computers, and lithium batteries due to power supply to the vehicle’s mission has been to stay in the laboratory stage.

He told Huang Xue Jie: “You should give a bike-made batteries, car batteries and then pondering the matter.” Inadvertent This language is to find the end-result of the industrialization of the yellow school-polished the spark - to keep the car battery 10 More than 10,000 km, more than 100 pieces of single use batteries; cell cycle and only 10,000 kilometers the requirements apply only to the 10 or so single fru 92p1141battery. Engaged in scientific research knows that this will greatly reduce the difficulty and cost of development. As a result, Suzhou Heng in the birth of stars on the day to determine the new goal.

The largest lithium battery power supplier

Second an interview, Bin side are eating noodles, while in full flight, fear of not having enough time to the next appointment.

Bin born in 1975, a rabbit, stars in the Constant investment projects, he less to worry about than a rabbit. It also made him look mature than peers.

One day in late 2004, and Bin Huang Xue-Waterloo in late at night talking about the physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Huang Xuejie out all of a sudden: “I believe the Chinese people will certainly be able to make a car battery of satellite m30 . This must be our mission.” Bin later Said that he was saying was “mislead” into the Constant Star.

Bin “a plank” to describe the original plant. A huge “home-made” machines, and even outside of the package is not formation of zinc metal, is next to a girl with a knife art Bi Hua, others with their hands in white plastic playing with some of the skin and so on.

Legend Capital is also the majority shareholder in the project are mentally affected. Production time for a quarter of a push in the next quarter, on account of the funds quietly turned into piles of waste batteries, but also to speed up the pace. Even if every piece of scrap batteries are counted, a group of bicycle battery 5000 to 6000 yuan to the cost of an electric bike thinkpad t60 battery at a time when the price of not more than 2500 yuan.

Bin recalled that, in order to let my colleagues feel, “and I stand with them,” he was to plant every day, but at that time of day to day basis as the “suffering” because Bin do not understand Asus laptop battery
technology, he do not worry, and Shang Jin is not so.

In the summer of 2005, the Wuxi plant is just an electric bike with the end of a nickel hydrogen battery of cooperation and is willing to try to sing the Constant power lithium batteries.

And nickel-cadmium, lead-acid battery power, environmental protection, lithium batteries, long life, the same volume of lead-acid battery cell size is 1 / 5, which weighs only 1 / 3 or so, but the drawback is that the evo n610c battery price of the former 4 times (now down to about 2.5 times), but no one has ever used. Despite Constant Star first got the world’s most stringent UL safety certification, the company’s general manager of Wuxi is not assured, specially went to Suzhou, Wuxi from Constant Star sat one afternoon, they focused on the safety tests done.

“Li-ion battery technology for electric vehicles used in electric bicycles,” Constant Star’s strategy will soon be recognized in the market, in 2007 the sale of millions of batteries. The largest day of the new electric bicycle company told reporters that the current use of satellite batteries Constant pavilion ze2000 battery

price of a bike for more than 3,000 yuan, higher than the battery bike around 1,000 yuan, while the price higher, but quickly grew.

In 2007, the company 2 varieties of tools into the battery market, 60% of the cell cycle of indirect exports, output value of the company amounted to more than 9,000 yuan, and finally achieve financial balance. This year the company expects to achieve sales of 200,000 sets of cell cycle thinkpad t42 battery, the completion of 20,000 sets of power tools with battery, with an annual output is expected to up to 2 billion.

At present, the domestic production of electric bicycles satellite 1900 battery, only Qi Bawan vehicles, based on optimistic estimates of the environmental protection industry, Constant Star that the figure should be 1,000,000. In addition, Constant Star is planning to distributed power supply system, energy storage and power storage system design, research and development this year will be to achieve a breakthrough.

Alternative Thinking in China

By the end of 2007, Legend Capital, headed by shareholders, will be 60,000,000 yuan in cash into Heng-Star account. The end of the year, the company management team to put forward a bold estimates, Constant Star in 2010 in a single year sales will be able to millions of battery electric bicycle group. Until this time, the main founder of the Star-Heng, chief scientist Hwang Xuejie only breathe a sigh of relief, will be the main focus turned to the vehicle battery hstnn-ub02 research and development.

However, problems still lie ahead. Car battery is not just a business matter, which involves universal charging station, the idea of changing consumption and motive power technology, such as the Olympic guided vehicles on the cost of more than 1,000,000 yuan, is the main driving force for the high cost of the platform; In addition, the current The reliability of the lithium battery power is still need for further authentication. “No one is willing to buy the car of 5 years, and then spend a large sum of money to buy a new battery batcl50l .” Bin said.

In addition, the pure power cell vehicles, which is all the international auto giant’s ultimate dream, the current number of hybrid-type transition are available now. According to industry experts, a company General Motors spent on new energy on the money, China is the same company several times. BYD and domestic, everything looks the same, and other companies in the area put up a banner.

“Late start than the others, the less money than other people, who are not necessarily smarter than other people, at this time than the mention of these companies is also a high-profile targets, like a ‘Great Leap Forward’ means red, is unrealistic.” Very coolly Xiao Bin said.

Statistics show that less than 20% of the scientific and technological achievements into the project to be successful. After 4 years of exploration, that Bin Constant Star’s successful experience is to give full play to the pavilion ze2000 battery scientists and technicians is relatively low-cost advantage. Compared with foreign and domestic scientists, technicians income only one-fifth of the former or even lower. If Sanyo, Sony, Panasonic, etc. advantage of strong capital and R & D history, domestic battery and make better use of low-cost Chinese labor, Constant Star would like to take full advantage of the low-cost Chinese brain.
At present, more than 550 employees Constant Star, only 300 workers and the rest are technicians and management. They insist on independence and self-development of design, there are more than 40% of self-developed equipment. Enterprise also to the interests of binding mechanism to strengthen the relationship between people and enterprises. Shareholders come up with nearly 20% of the shares to motivate the management team and key employees, as the founder of Lenovo Liu Bin asked: “must not result in the given time, otherwise there will be no effect.”

In addition, Bin believes that the future of the automotive battery manufacturers, like now Intel’s IT sector is no need to go to the production of inspiron 510m battery automobiles, it should insist that the stars Constant current for all car manufacturers to develop an open position rather than trying to To do anything.

Of pure electric vehicle of latitude d600 battery the future, Bin views with the outside world, he considered pure electric vehicle’s hybrid system is much better than the more simple. “Traditional mechanically-driven car, which led to the traditional car makers understanding of the power shortage, and to break the existing order to change the current production system for them would be a very painful and costly matter, Fundamentally speaking, the traditional automobile manufacturers of electric vehicles for the lack of revolutionary power, and the future of electric vehicles is probably still a little-known private entrepreneur can do things, such as Taiwan is now on the cottage was done in the car inspiron 3800 battery, These civil forces can not be ignored. “

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