***To overcome the difficulties, the Autobots are taking action

The Wuhan epidemic has affected people's hearts, and the Chinese people are pooling national efforts to fight the epidemic together.

Wuhan, as the important town of China’s automobile industry, also affects the hearts of all automobile people. Following January 26, many car companies have taken action one after another. This article is continuously updated.

BYD donates 10 million yuan

BYD Co., Ltd. donated 10 million yuan to the Hubei Charity Federation through the BYD Charity Foundation to support the prevention and control of the new coronavirus Infected with pneumonia epidemic. The donated funds are mainly used to purchase epidemic prevention materials for Hubei Province, support Hubei Province in carrying out epidemic prevention and control work, assist medical staff on the front line of epidemic prevention and control, and be used to provide prevention and treatment support for schools in epidemic areas and for poor students affected by the epidemic. Family assistance, etc.

Great Wall Motors donates 5 million yuan

Great Wall Motors has decided to donate 5 million yuan to the Hubei Charity Federation to help overcome the epidemic as soon as possible.

Among them, 3 million yuan was used to purchase urgently needed medical protective clothing, masks, positive pressure isolation gowns, protective masks, goggles, disinfectants, etc. in more than ten cities in Hubei, including Wuhan, Qianjiang, Huanggang, and Xiaogan. epidemic prevention and control supplies and other medical consumables to protect front-line medical staff and support front-line volunteers; another 2 million yuan will be used for unified deployment and use by the Hubei Provincial New Coronavirus Infection Pneumonia Prevention and Control Headquarters.

Chery Holding Group donated 10 million yuan

Chery Holding Group Co., Ltd. decided to donate 10 million yuan to support epidemic prevention and control. The 10 million yuan donated by Chery Holding Group this time includes cash, special ambulance vehicles, and medical protective materials such as medical protective masks, protective clothing, and goggles. It is mainly used to support Hubei and other areas with severe epidemics.

Xpeng Motors donates 3 million yuan of medical supplies

Xpeng Motors announced that it will donate 3 million yuan of medical supplies to Wuhan and other medical institutions to support local frontline epidemic prevention work.

This donation will mainly consist of protective clothing, goggles, and medical masks that are most in short supply at local medical institutions, to support frontline medical workers in concentrating their efforts on fighting the epidemic and building temporary hospitals in epidemic areas. Considering that some materials are already in shortage, Xpeng Motors will also purchase from abroad and step up transportation to epidemic areas such as Wuhan.

At the same time, Xpeng Motors also donated vehicles to local hospitals in Wuhan to facilitate quick travel for medical and scientific researchers. In Guangzhou, where Xpeng Motors is headquartered, free travel services will be provided to designated treatment hospitals.

Nezha Automobile donated 1 million yuan

Nezha Automobile announced its decision to urgently donate 1 million yuan to the Hubei Charity Federation for current epidemic prevention and control support. The donated funds will be mainly used in Wuhan City and other areas with severe epidemics in Hubei Province to purchase medical, medical, daily and other supplies urgently needed for epidemic prevention and control; to support the construction of temporary hospitals in epidemic areas; and to provide front-line medical staff and medical staff involved in rescue operations. Volunteers provide services such as physical and mental health protection and child care.

Hyundai Motor Group donated 15 million yuan

Hyundai Motor Group’s Chinese enterprises Hyundai Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Beijing Hyundai, Dongfeng Yueda Kia, Sichuan Hyundai, and Hyundai Mobi Sri Lanka, Hyundai Glovis, Hyundai AIA, Hyundai Tandis and Beijing Hyundai Motor Finance Co., Ltd. *** together donated 10 million yuan in cash to the Hubei Provincial Red Cross Society for ward operation and manpower Support and procurement of materials such as medical facilities, etc.

Hyundai Motor Group will provide actual materials worth 5 million yuan, mainly protective clothing, masks and goggles that are most in short supply for on-site medical personnel in Wuhan, as well as personal protective materials that are urgently needed by people in severely affected areas. wait. Considering the shortage of domestic materials in China, Hyundai Motor Group will purchase materials from South Korea and transport them in the fastest way to solve the urgent needs on the front line of the epidemic.

Geely Holding Group and Li Shufu Charity Foundation set up a 200 million yuan special fund

On January 28, Geely Holding Group and Li Shufu Charity Foundation set up a 200 million yuan special fund to fight against the new pneumonia epidemic. The special fund for prevention and control is used to support epidemic prevention and control work in Hubei, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Henan and other areas with serious new pneumonia epidemics across the country. Geely Holding Group will further expand the scale of the special fund in a timely manner based on the needs of the epidemic.

The Geely brand under Geely Holding Group will also donate 50 Geely Jiaji MPV models to the Wuhan COVID-19 Prevention and Control Headquarters for unified transportation deployment by the local epidemic prevention and control department.

Caocao Travel (Wuhan), a travel service platform under Geely Holding Group, has also established an emergency prevention and control support fleet to provide free travel services to residents of various communities in Wuhan on the premise that drivers protect themselves. The Caocao Travel Operations Center and the special dispatch team of the customer service department will cooperate with the dispatch of vehicles for epidemic prevention and control 24 hours a day.

Jaguar Land Rover China and Chery Jaguar Land Rover will donate 8 million yuan

On January 28, Jaguar Land Rover (China) Investment Co., Ltd. and Chery Jaguar Land Rover Automobile Co., Ltd. decided to urgently donate RMB 8 million yuan will be used for current epidemic prevention and control support and prevention of major epidemic diseases in primary and secondary schools.

This donation will donate 5 million yuan to the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation, which will be mainly used in Wuhan City and other severely affected areas in Hubei Province to purchase medical, medical, daily and other supplies urgently needed for epidemic prevention and control. It also provides services such as physical and mental health protection and child care for front-line medical staff and medical volunteers participating in rescue operations.

At the same time, another 3 million yuan from this donation will be used to jointly establish a special public welfare fund for "Campus Prevention and Control of Major Epidemics among Youth" in conjunction with the China Soong Ching Ling Foundation, focusing on the construction of campus epidemic prevention facilities in primary and secondary schools, and the development of youth epidemic prevention and control funds. The three major areas of epidemic prevention education and adolescent epidemic psychological counseling will further improve the awareness and prevention and control capabilities of epidemic diseases in primary and secondary schools.

China FAW donated 17 million yuan

On January 27, China FAW Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as: China FAW) announced the launch of emergency measures to fully support Wuhan in fighting the epidemic. It also donated 17 million yuan in cash with its subsidiaries FAW-Volkswagen and FAW Toyota to support the prevention and control of the new coronavirus infection nationwide, especially in Wuhan. The donation will be assisted by national public welfare foundations, of which China FAW will donate 10 million yuan, FAW-Volkswagen will donate 6 million yuan, and FAW Toyota will donate 1 million yuan.

On the basis of financial support, "FAW Travel", a subsidiary of China FAW, organized a "special love fleet" to provide corresponding travel services to medical staff and citizens in accordance with the needs of Wuhan City. In addition, if the cities covered by "FAW Travel" business adopt traffic control measures due to epidemic prevention and control, "FAW Travel" will organize a "special love fleet", which will be dispatched and used by the local government.

Dongfeng Motor Group has donated a total of 36 million yuan

As Dongfeng Motor Group, which is located in Wuhan, it acted immediately. Following the Dongfeng Motor Company’s meeting on January 21 to respond to the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic After the special meeting, on the morning of January 23, Dongfeng Motor once again held a special meeting on responding to the new coronavirus epidemic via video link in Shiyan and Wuhan. Zhu Yanfeng, chairman and party secretary of Dongfeng Motor, pointed out at the meeting that employees’ safety and health should be given top priority, and the company’s major production bases should pay close attention to the progress of the epidemic and take effective preventive measures. A new coronavirus-infected pneumonia epidemic prevention and control headquarters has been established.

As a central enterprise based in Hubei, Dongfeng Motor Group must actively support and cooperate with local governments in epidemic prevention and control in terms of people, finance, and materials, and make Dongfeng's due contribution. On the basis of having donated 10 million yuan to Wuhan City, Dongfeng Motor Group has donated another 10 million yuan to Shiyan City and Xiangyang City respectively. At the same time, Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. and Dongfeng Honda Motor Co., Ltd. have each donated 10 million yuan to Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone (Han). Southern District) donated 3 million yuan. At present, the company has donated a total of 36 million yuan.

Shenlong Company decided to extend the Spring Festival holiday

Shenlong Company actively responded to the group and the government emergency prevention and control headquarters, took inventory and prepared protective clothing for the coating workshop, and rushed to the front line as soon as possible. On January 26, Shenlong Company took the lead in responding to national recommendations and decided to extend the company's Spring Festival holiday (originally scheduled to start work in the marketing area from February 1, and postpone work in other areas from February 3). In the future, the company will pay close attention to the epidemic prevention and control situation, determine the specific time for resumption of work, and will issue a new notice on January 31.

Dongfeng Travel formed an emergency fleet to escort medical staff

On January 24, the Wuhan COVID-19 Prevention and Control Headquarters announced that starting from 12 noon that day, online taxi bookings in the city Cease operations. In order to obey the unified arrangements of the overall situation, after Dongfeng Company's online taxi-hailing APP platform "Dongfeng Chuxing" suspended its online taxi business in Wuhan, 300 "Dongfeng Chuxing" drivers signed up to form an emergency fleet to escort medical staff to the front line.

BMW China and BMW Brilliance donated 5 million yuan

On January 26, the BMW Group officially announced that BMW China and BMW Brilliance Automobile Co., Ltd. have decided to donate 5 million yuan through the China Charity Federation. The BMW Love Fund donated RMB 5 million to the Hubei Charity Federation to fight against the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in Hubei Province, especially Wuhan City. The donation will be mainly used to fund urgently needed supplies such as masks, protective clothing, and face shields for local hospitals in Wuhan, as well as related treatment work in Hubei Province, especially in Wuhan.

Mercedes-Benz donated 10 million yuan

Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales and Service Co., Ltd. and Beijing Benz Automobile Co., Ltd. announced today that through the China Youth Development Foundation Mercedes-Benz Star Wish Foundation donated 10 million yuan in love funds. The donated funds will be mainly used to equip hospitals in Wuhan and other provinces and cities with severe epidemics in the country to equip medical supplies such as masks, goggles, protective clothing and test kits. At the same time, they will reward medical staff who have made outstanding contributions and support sick teenagers from needy families. .

Ford China and Jiangling Ford are working overtime to produce ambulances

Ford China and its partner Jiangling Ford are supporting the fight against the epidemic across the country. Ford Transit negative pressure ambulances are working overtime to customize and produce ambulances and are gradually gathering them. , set off to various "battlefields" across the country. We actively respond to and support the arrangements of governments at all levels and are confident that the epidemic will be brought under control with the joint efforts of governments, medical professional institutions, NGOs at all levels, and the whole society.

GAC Group donated 5 million yuan

On January 26, GAC Group announced that it would donate 5 million yuan to support companies such as GAC Honda, GAC Toyota, and GAC Passenger Vehicles. Wuhan’s fight against the epidemic.

Among them, 2 million yuan in cash from GAC Group Headquarters and 1 million yuan in cash from GAC Honda will be donated to the Wuhan Charity Federation through the Guangzhou Charity Association, and will be uniformly allocated by the Wuhan New Coronavirus Prevention and Control Headquarters Used to make overall arrangements for the purchase of urgently needed protective and medical supplies; GAC Toyota donated 1 million yuan in cash to the Hubei Red Cross Society through the China Red Cross Foundation GAC Toyota Charity Fund, and planned to use it to purchase protective clothing, goggles, masks, etc. Urgently needed protective equipment and other medical consumables to protect frontline medical staff and support frontline volunteers; GAC Passenger Cars will also donate a new generation Trumpchi GA6 sedan worth 1 million yuan to the Wuhan Charity Federation through the Guangzhou Charity Federation. It is uniformly deployed and used by the Wuhan New Coronavirus Prevention and Control Headquarters.

NIO purchased 300,000 yuan in supplies

Even NIO, which was in financial difficulties, took action. Li Bin, founder, chairman and CEO of Weilai, said: "After seeing the news about the shortage of medical supplies in Wuhan, we have taken action and stepped up the purchase of 300,000 medical supplies today, including masks, medical caps and surgical gowns, and passed Wuhan riders contact the Wuhan Charity Federation and they will be allocated to the hospitals in need. "

Currently, all Weilai Center club areas nationwide have been closed.

Foton Motor works overtime to produce ambulances

In order to provide material support for the prevention and control of the pneumonia epidemic caused by the new coronavirus infection, on January 25, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a request to Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. The task of producing 25 negative pressure ambulances was issued, and the task was coordinated by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology.

SAIC Maxus started full-scale construction and rushed to produce negative pressure ambulances

On January 25, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also assigned SAIC Maxus the task of producing 60 negative pressure ambulances, and the Shanghai It was coordinated and completed by the Municipal Economic and Information Technology Bureau.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, with a call, SAIC Maxus was fully operational. Ten days later, 60 SAIC Maxus V80 vehicles will transform into negative pressure ambulances and rush to the frontline for support; Hubei TV Maxus 5G live broadcast RV will enter the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University and have close conversations with frontline medical staff; a fleet of 100 Maxus G10 prevention and control volunteers Escorting in Wuhan...

Many foreign automobile companies have restricted employees from entering and leaving China

Due to the outbreak of the epidemic, many foreign automobile companies have begun to restrict employees from entering and leaving China.

French automaker PSA Group said that 38 French employees will be evacuated from the Wuhan area, and the evacuees will be quarantined in Changsha for 14 days before returning to their home country.

SAIC General Motors is a joint venture between General Motors and SAIC Motor. It produces and sells Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet cars and light trucks. It has a large manufacturing plant in Wuhan with less than 6,000 employees.

General Motors spokesman Jim Cain told Automotive News that the company has restricted all business travel to China and requires employees in China to comply with all necessary protective measures recommended by local governments. But Kane did not update information about the Wuhan factory.

Summary:

Due to the epidemic crisis, public activities have been suspended and some public places have been closed across the country. The State Council also recommends appropriately extending holidays to avoid further spread of the epidemic. This will mean that it will be difficult for large automobile factories to guarantee that they will open on time after the spring break holiday.

This is not good news for the Chinese auto market in 2020. But in the face of a major disaster, we are pleased to see that many companies in Wuhan still put the safety of their employees first. Every company and every individual needs to overcome the difficulties and face them head on.

This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.