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Happy "Goddess' Day", take stock of the "sonorous roses" in the automotive industry
It's "Goddess' Day" again, so I would like to wish all the goddesses around me: "Happy holidays, happiness and beauty." Nowadays, with the rise of female power, women are indispensable in all walks of life. Even in the automotive industry, women have already held up "half the sky." Cars are no longer just for men. Some of them are drivers, designers, engineers and even CEOs. Today we will take stock of the "sonorous roses" in the automotive industry.
The world’s first female test driver
As we all know, Mercedes-Benz co-founder Karl Benz made The world's first internal combustion engine car, but few people know that this car was originally driven by a woman for the first time. At the time, the internal combustion engine car was a machine of awe and fear, and the car's creator, Karl Benz, also had a reputation for being timid.
But Carl Benz’s wife Berta Benz was not afraid at all. In 1888, she and her two sons built the first internal combustion engine car. Driving to my parents' house. The distance from Mannheim, where the Mercedes-Benz couple lives, to Potsheim, where their parents live, is 144 kilometers, and she drove there alone. This was the world's first car trip and the first car test drive.
It is said that she is not only good at driving, but also good at solving car problems. If there is interference between wires and parts, use stockings to fix them; when the brakes are worn and the braking distance becomes longer, Berta directly replaces the brake pads with shoe repair belts. Later, Berta pointed out these problems and improvement methods to Carl one by one, and made a considerable contribution to improving the quality of internal combustion engine vehicles.
Female racing engineer of the Le Mans winning team
Leena Gade is a British racing engineer who has worked in the FIA ??world Chief racing engineer in the Endurance Championship and INDYCAR series. In 2011, she became the first female racing engineer in the world to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, working for the Audi LMP1 team. In 2012, she won the FIA ??World Endurance Championship's "Person of the Year" award and the "C&R Racing Women's Technical Award."
Lina is the child of Indian immigrants and was born in the UK. She has been very interested in engineering since she was a child. When she came into contact with the F1 competition by chance, she was deeply attracted by it. Fascinated. Leena later studied engineering at the University of Manchester, graduating with an MSc in Aerospace Engineering in 1998. She entered college as one of five female students in a class of 100 and was the only remaining female student at graduation. After graduation, Leena did not enter the aerospace field, but devoted herself to the automotive field that she loved.
Lena first worked for Jaguar Cars as a vehicle improvement engineer for six and a half years, while at the same time she worked on racing teams in Formula BMW, A1 Grand Prix and GT racing classes. Worked part-time as an engineer. In 2011, she assisted drivers André Lotterer and Beno?t Tréluyer to win the championship, becoming the first female racing engineer to win at Le Mans. And in 2012 and 2014, Leena led the team to win two more Le Mans championships. She is the highest-ranking engineer in the Audi team and is solely responsible for setting up the car and managing the maintenance team.
The female driver who conquered the Kalanurka Dam
In May last year, the new generation of Land Rover Range Rover Sport performed stunts on female driver Jessica Hocking Driven by Jessica Hawkins, she conquered the spillway of the Kalānurka Dam in Iceland. As one of the largest dams in the world, the Karanurka Dam has a spillway with a water flow of 750 tons per minute, a 294-meter-long and 90-meter-high dam cliff, and Jessica drove a new generation of Land Rover Range Rover Sport against the current. , completed this challenge.
Jessica was born on February 16, 1995 in Headley, East Hampshire, and is a racing driver and stunt driver from East Hampshire, England. A multiple-time karting champion, she began her racing career in 2014 when she competed in a Formula Ford race at Silverstone. In 2017, she participated in the Mini Challenge and won six levels of championships, and was spotted by Aston Martin. Currently serving as an ambassador for the Aston Martin F1 Team, Jessica was also a stunt driver in "No Time to Die".
After successfully reaching the summit in a new generation Land Rover Range Rover Sport, Jessica said: “Even from the side of the valley far away, you can directly feel the rushing water. Powerful. Before entering the spillway, I was clearly aware that if I made a slight mistake, I would be in the most difficult situation ever. In the end, the new generation Range Rover Sport's calm performance on the steep slope with rapid water flow. Everything was saved. The strong traction, stability and excellent control released by the vehicle solidified my belief in completing the challenge and truly enjoyed it.
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Female designer appointed by Rolls-Royce
Since today is “Goddess Day”, I will definitely think of Rolls-Royce. “Goddess of Celebration”. On March 8, Rolls-Royce brought the Phantom Syntopia Collector’s Edition created in collaboration with cutting-edge fashion and haute couture designer Iris van Herpen. Reese said: "This is the most complex phantom Bespoke haute couture version to date."
Reese started her career in fashion design in 2007. In 2009, she started her career as a designer. Inspired by mummies, the autumn and winter series "Mummification" uses hard and cold materials to cut, twist and weave to create a strong conceptual post-modern design. It was well received once it was launched. The name of this collector's edition model - "Syntopia" comes from. Similar to the landmark fashion series launched by Ellis in 2018, the collection is based on the principles of bionics and uses patterns and shapes in nature as artistic inspiration. Similarly, the Phantom Syntopia Collector's Edition also strives to achieve this. Through the theme of "woven water pattern", the mysterious and ethereal beauty of fluid movement in solid materials is displayed.
It is reported that the woven water pattern starlight canopy inside the vehicle best echoes this design. It is understood that the designers selected the entire leather from more than 1,000 pieces and cut it by hand to give the roof lining a three-dimensional feel. According to the official introduction, the creation of the petal pattern made of 162 pieces of exquisite glass organza on the roof took the entire team nearly 300 hours. If the design, preparation and final shaping are included, the time consumption will reach about 700 hours. hours.
The "Iron Lady" in China's automobile industry
A strong woman in China's automobile industry, she says she is second, but no one else Dare to say she is the number one, she is Wang Fengying. According to the data, Wang Fengying has worked at Great Wall Motors for more than 30 years and is the "second person" of Great Wall Motors. She is only under Wei Jianjun. During her tenure, she not only built Great Wall Motors into a Focusing on China's representative brands of pickup trucks and SUVs, it has also launched many popular products such as Haval H6, and is known as the "Iron Lady" in the industry. In addition, Wang Fengying has also been listed in Forbes' "100 Most Influential Women in the World in 2019". List".
In July 2022, Wang Fengying officially resigned as the general manager of Great Wall Motors, left Great Wall Motors, and is currently the president of Xpeng Motors. She is fully responsible for the development of Xpeng Motors Product planning, product matrix and sales system, before he joined the company, he pointed out two problems with Xpeng Motors in the form of a report. One is the lack of clear main categories and the lack of clear brand recognition for each category. There is no representative model among them; second, there is a lack of focused intelligent features and no differentiation. It is reported that Wang Fengying set a goal after taking office: "Xpeng sales will reach one million levels in three years, and Xpeng's market value will reach 100 billion US dollars in five years."
In summary, from ancient times to the present, women have been a force that cannot be ignored in driving the world forward. Pioneer women in many different fields use their confidence, courage, wisdom and unique female perspectives to understand and change the world, leading the trend of the times. There are countless outstanding women in the automotive industry. If we talk about them in detail, I would probably not be able to describe them in 100,000 words. Finally, I wish all the goddesses again: "Always smile and stay young forever!"
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