Chapter 122 United Auto Factory's Plan

Seeing that Arthur was very satisfied with the performance and data of the new car, Benz was relieved.

As long as he could get Arthur's strong support, this new car with a lower price would definitely be able to enter the world market, instead of being unsalable due to various shortcomings like the cars invented by Benz before, with only a name but no actual benefits.

"Mr. Benz, how is our car production? What are your plans for the pricing and release date of the car?" Arthur asked.

Although it was several years earlier than the original history, Arthur believed that Benz's new car would definitely not lose much to the T-type car, and it might even be slightly better.

The T-type car was able to create a sales record of 15 million vehicles, so what kind of historical record would the new car create?

"Your Highness, based on our current scale of 300 regular workers and more than 1,000 indigenous workers, our daily output can reach more than 100 vehicles at most." Benz replied: "But this is based on a foundation, that is, to ensure the supply of our steel and various hardware."

Although the production method of the assembly line has greatly reduced the time required to produce a car.

This also allowed the Benz Automobile Factory to quickly speed up from the original production of dozens of cars a week to the maximum production of dozens of cars a day, and even hundreds of cars now.

But the production method of the assembly line cannot be unlimitedly fast. In addition to the employees' proficiency in such a production method, the number of employees, various materials, and the supply of hardware are also one of the factors that balance the speed of automobile production.

"One hundred cars a day?" Arthur pondered for a while, nodded and said: "We can't just pursue speed. At least after opening up the American and European markets, we can pursue faster production. Before that, it is good to maintain the current scale of automobile production, but we must also be prepared to expand the scale of production at any time."

Benz nodded, and he had the same idea in his mind.

Although Benz, Diesel and Arthur are confident that the new car can become a pioneer in expanding the automobile market and create a new world record.

But before this day comes, it is only a guess after all. Even if the possibility is very high, we have to be prepared for failure.

"Your Highness, there is another problem we have to consider, that is, the cost of transporting cars from Australia to the United States and Europe and the tariffs of various countries. This will be a considerable expense and will greatly increase the cost of our automobile production. Even in some areas, our automobile production costs will be brought to the same level as those of handmade cars, which will greatly reduce our price advantage." Benz frowned and said another problem he was worried about.

These days, if you want to transport, you can only use transport ships to transport, which will be a considerable expense and will also take a lot of time.

At the same time, in order to strengthen their advantages in the domestic market, major industrial countries will also make certain modifications and increases to tariffs.

Combined with transportation costs and tariffs, Australia's proud automobile production costs may usher in changes, and even in some places with higher tariffs, they will directly rise to the same level as those handmade cars.

"This is indeed a problem, Mr. Benz." Arthur nodded, frowned and thought deeply.

In fact, most of the sales of the Model T in history were in the United States, and sales in other regions, even in Europe, were very small, which may be due to the high tariffs.

There is only one way to solve the tariffs and transportation costs, that is, to build car factories in some parts of Europe and the United States, or even to unite the forces of Europe and the United States to jointly open these car factories.

Although some of the benefits will be shared, it will also make the position of the car factory more unshakable. After all, a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake, let alone a weak dragon like Australia?

"Let's do this. Select some cars with better performance and send them to Britain and Germany respectively. Try to get their support and open new car factories in Britain and Germany respectively." After thinking for a long time, Arthur said, "We will cooperate with local forces in Britain and Germany, especially the nobles and official forces, to establish a joint car factory. The royal consortium will handle this matter. You only need to authorize the relevant technology. Of course, the inventor and owner of the technology are still you, and the new car factory only has the production authorization."

Cooperating with local forces in Britain and Germany to establish a joint car factory is a good choice.

First of all, Britain and Germany are the first and second powers in the world respectively, and their car factories do not have to worry about competing with other car factories or even other countries.

Secondly, in terms of industrial strength and technological strength, the British Empire and the German Empire are also top in Europe, and the production speed can definitely keep up with the expansion of the car market.

In addition, Arthur was born in the British royal family and has won the favor of a large number of British people. He also has a good relationship with Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Australia and Germany also have a cooperative relationship.

Whether from a personal relationship or a national interest, Britain and Germany are the preferred partners and can definitely protect the huge interests of the automobile market.

The only problem is that Arthur may lose some of the profits, but the profits of the automobile market are absolutely huge, even exceeding one billion pounds.

Such a huge market is definitely not something that Arthur can take over alone, and Australia's size and capabilities cannot do it.

After authorizing Britain and Germany to create a joint automobile factory for production and sales, the automobile factory will be divided up by the British Empire, the German Empire and Australia.

As for how the British Empire and the German Empire compete for Arthur, he doesn't care. As long as Australia's interests can be guaranteed, everything else is a small matter.

It doesn't matter if the British Empire and the German Empire make more money. Anyway, after the outbreak of war in the future, Australia will be able to make a lot of money by selling arms, not to mention other interests involved in the war.

The United States actually also has a huge automobile market, but Arthur does not agree with winning over American forces.

First of all, the United States is a pure capitalist society, and the power of capital is above all else.

As long as Australia invests a lot of capital and conducts certain operations, it may not be unable to compete with American car companies.

Moreover, no matter how prominent the status of the British Empire and the German Empire is now, Arthur knows very well that the United States is the country with the greatest threat.

The United States, with its unique geographical location and abundant resources, rose rapidly during the two world wars.

The way the United States rose was through the sale of arms, earning a lot of profits in the early stages of the war, and even causing most European countries to fall into debt.

Later, the United States attracted a large number of immigrants and refugees from Europe by virtue of its own advantages.

Among these people were a large number of European scientists and talents, who were the crystallization of the European industrial revolution and technological development, but eventually became the wedding dress for the United States.

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