The epidemic swept some car companies around the world until April 20.

In early 2020, novel coronavirus was raging. At present, the domestic epidemic situation is basically stable, but the situation abroad is not optimistic. Up to now, the cumulative number of confirmed cases abroad is nearly 6.5438+0.4 million, especially in Europe and America. In order to prevent the epidemic from spreading widely, the automobile industry in Europe and America stopped production.

European car companies stopped production on a large scale.

The latest data shows that the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Europe approaches 1, 654,38+0,000. With the large-scale spread of the epidemic, governments around the world have stepped up prevention and control efforts, leading to a large-scale shutdown of the European auto industry.

Among them, Italy is the country with the worst epidemic in Europe. After four factories of Fiat-Chrysler (FCA) and Pirelli, Lamborghini's only factory, announced the suspension of production, the factories of Ferrari and Brebo have stopped production.

The epidemic situation of tooth extraction in the west is second only to Italy. On March 3, local time 13, Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez said that he had entered a state of emergency 15 days since March 4. Then, many car companies stopped working.

On March 13 local time, Seat, a brand of Volkswagen Group, announced that the company's logistics work could not be guaranteed, and the Mar Taurel factory in Barcelona Province stopped production on March 16.

In the afternoon of March 13 local time. Nissan announced the closure of two factories in Barcelona, Spain. On March 15 local time, Ford announced that it would close its factory in Valencia, Spain for a week on Monday. This factory is one of Ford's largest car factories outside the United States.

In addition, Renault's two factories in valladolid and Valencia were shut down for two days from March 16 to March 17.

The three major American auto companies have closed their factories one after another.

In addition to Europe, the United States in North America has accumulated nearly 1.5 million confirmed cases, and has also become a key country for epidemic prevention and control.

On March 18, GM confirmed that considering the market situation, the company will start to suspend its manufacturing business in North America systematically and orderly, and carry out in-depth cleaning of the factory to protect the safety of workers, at least until March 30.

/kloc-in March, 2009, Ford said that in order to protect the safety of workers, the company would suspend production in its North American factory until March 30th. During this period, the company will clean up the factory and strengthen the prevention and control of the epidemic. It will continue to work closely with trade union leaders to find ways to help workers maintain health and safety.

FCA also announced that factories across North America will stop production until the end of March. During this period, the company will review and strengthen safety measures and evaluate the next steps.

In addition, Honda North America and BMW also indicated that they would close their factories in the United States and Europe, partly because the coronavirus epidemic weakened consumers' demand for cars.

It has become a fact that the global automobile market is sluggish.

As we all know, February is a period of rapid epidemic development in China, and it is also the most stringent stage of prevention and control, and domestic automobile sales are also deeply affected. According to the latest data released by the Federation, the production and sales of automobiles in February were 285,000 and 365,438 +0 respectively, down 79.8% and 796,5438 +0% year-on-year, and the decline continued to expand compared with 65,438 +0. Although the domestic epidemic tends to be stable in March, it will take time for the auto market to really pick up.

However, in late February, the epidemic situation in foreign countries began to increase gradually, and in mid-March, European and American governments began to strengthen prevention and control management. Therefore, the automobile markets in Italy, the United States and other regions will be affected by the epidemic in March, and this impact will last for several months.

It is worth noting that even in February, which was not affected by the epidemic, the sales volume in the European market showed a downward trend. According to data released by the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), in February this year, the number of new passenger car registrations in Europe decreased by 7.2% year-on-year to 654.38+0.067 million. In the first two months of this year, the sales volume of passenger cars in Europe was 2.202 million, down 7.3% year-on-year.

In addition, Ferrari stopped production due to the shortage of parts, and foreign media speculated that it was probably caused by the shortage of brake parts in Brebo. Due to the epidemic, this parts factory was forced to stop working.

A new round of stimulating consumption may become a trend.

In order to improve the current situation and save the automobile market, countries will announce measures to stimulate consumption one after another. Take China as an example. At present, the central government and local governments are constantly introducing corresponding policies to stimulate the consumption of the automobile market. The main means is to appropriately increase license plate cooperation, lift the ban on the purchase of new energy vehicles, and continue to subsidize the restricted areas.

Previously, European and American countries have stimulated consumption and supported the development of the automobile industry through financial incentives based on "scrapping and updating". Other countries will use tax incentives to stimulate automobile consumption. Faced with the grim situation, foreign auto markets affected by the epidemic are bound to take relevant measures, but the means to stimulate consumption are still unknown.

2020 is destined to be an extraordinary year, which is both a challenge and an opportunity for the global automobile industry.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.