Many car companies support Wuhan in fighting the epidemic. This is also the car company's "war against the epidemic"

During the Spring Festival of 2020, people across the country are experiencing a protracted battle against the new coronavirus. Wuhan, the hardest-hit area, received relief from all walks of life in a short period of time. As the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic develops, many car companies have shown their sense of responsibility and have launched assistance operations to the Wuhan area.

Donations from Dongfeng, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, GAC, etc.

On the evening of January 23, Dongfeng Motor made an emergency decision to donate RMB 10 million to the Wuhan Charity Federation for procurement of epidemic prevention supplies and other products to fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. The headquarters of Dongfeng Corporation and some of its subsidiaries are located in Wuhan, a city where the epidemic is highly prevalent. The Party Committee of Dongfeng Corporation pays close attention to the changes in the epidemic, organizes and convenes special meetings on the new coronavirus epidemic in a timely manner, makes comprehensive arrangements and deployments for epidemic prevention work, works together, actively acts, and strives to assume its responsibilities The central enterprises have political and social responsibilities and fully support and cooperate with Hubei Province to effectively prevent the spread of the epidemic.

On January 26, GAC Group announced that it would join GAC Honda, GAC Toyota, GAC Passenger Vehicle and other companies to donate 5 million yuan to support Wuhan's fight against the epidemic. Among them, GAC Group Headquarters and GAC Honda donated 2 million and 1 million yuan in cash respectively, which will be donated to the Wuhan Charity Federation through the Guangzhou Charity Association, and will be uniformly allocated and used by the Wuhan New Crown Pneumonia Prevention and Control Headquarters. GAC Toyota donated 1 million yuan in cash to the Hubei Provincial Red Cross Society through the China Red Cross Foundation GAC Toyota Charity Fund. It plans to use it to purchase urgently needed protective equipment such as protective clothing, goggles, masks, and other medical consumables. 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, which will be uniformly deployed and used by the Wuhan COVID-19 Prevention and Control Headquarters.

On the same day, luxury brands Mercedes-Benz and BMW also extended a helping hand. BMW (China) Automobile Trading Co., Ltd. and BMW Brilliance Automotive Co., Ltd. decided today to make an emergency donation of RMB 5 million to the Hubei Charity Federation through the China Charity Federation BMW Love Fund to fight against the new coronavirus in Hubei Province, especially Wuhan City. Due to the pneumonia epidemic, this donation will be mainly used to fund urgently needed masks, protective clothing, protective face shields and other urgently needed materials and related treatment work for local hospitals in Hubei Province, especially Wuhan.

Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales and Service Co., Ltd. and Beijing Benz Automobile Co., Ltd., together with dealer partners, announced today that they will donate love through the China Youth Development Foundation Mercedes-Benz Star Wish Fund With a capital of 10 million yuan, we will fully support the nationwide prevention and control of the pneumonia epidemic. 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 with outstanding contributions and support sick teenagers from needy families. .

On January 27, FAW-Volkswagen Co., Ltd., together with its three major brands Volkswagen, Audi, and Jetta, donated 6 million yuan to epidemic-hit areas to fight against the pneumonia epidemic caused by the new coronavirus infection. . Adhering to the corporate social responsibility values ??of "social demand-oriented", FAW-Volkswagen will continue to pay attention to epidemic prevention and control and provide timely and strong support for the fight against the epidemic. ***We are in this together.

In terms of suppliers, Michelin and CATL also sent donations as soon as possible after learning about the epidemic. On January 26, Michelin (China) Investment Co., Ltd. decided to urgently donate 3 million yuan to Wuhan Charity Federation. On January 27, Ningde Times officially donated 10 million yuan to the Hubei Provincial Red Cross Society. The donation will be uniformly allocated and used by the Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters, and all donations will be used for frontline combat and prevention work in epidemic areas.

Ford, SAIC Maxus and others have accelerated their investment in building medical supplies

Medical relief supplies are the top priority in this epidemic prevention war. As a result, commercial vehicle companies have worked overtime to produce ambulances, and other Car companies have also mobilized related materials that meet medical specifications.

On January 25, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology assigned Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. the task of producing 25 negative pressure ambulances, which was coordinated by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology. Similarly, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology assigned SAIC Maxus the task of producing 60 negative pressure ambulances, which was coordinated by the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology.

Ford China has teamed up with its partner Jiangling Ford to support the fight against the epidemic across the country. Ford Transit negative pressure ambulances are working overtime to customize the production and are being assembled one after another to go to various "battlefields" across the country. ?It is understood that Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd. has received orders for more than 600 ambulance chassis from all over the country, including more than 200 negative pressure monitoring ambulances specifically designed to deal with the pneumonia epidemic.

In addition, Dongfeng Honda Motor Co., Ltd. urgently mobilized available materials and raised 400 sets of standard white hooded protective clothing, 1,000 pairs of latex gloves, and 1,200 medical masks for use by the epidemic emergency fleet. On January 25, China Car Rental announced that it would provide cars free of charge to institutions and media participating in medical rescue operations across the country starting immediately. Didi Chuxing has also established a local "Medical Support Fleet" to provide free travel services to medical workers in various hospitals in Wuhan. They are on call at all times during the Spring Festival, and all expenses are borne by Didi.

Dongfeng Motor, which has donated 10 million yuan, urgently set up a "Dongfeng Travel" fleet for its Dongfeng online taxi-hailing APP platform to escort medical staff to the front line. "Dongfeng Travel" also urgently coordinated resources from all parties, collected 800 sets of protective clothing from sister units such as Shenlong Automobile Co., Ltd., and distributed them to the anti-epidemic emergency fleet and its branches and subsidiaries.

In response to the call, car companies in Wuhan evacuated personnel

Wuhan is one of the six major passenger car bases in China, bringing together American, Japanese, French, domestically produced and other car series. The city has the most complete range of vehicles in the country's automobile industry. There are many car companies and auto parts companies in Wuhan, including Shenlong, SAIC-GM, Dongfeng Honda, etc., all gathered here. Currently, there are 160 related companies in the automobile industry chain in Hubei Province.

In response to the epidemic, many car companies have initiated emergency measures at their Wuhan bases/factories. Honda Motor recently announced that in principle, its employees from Japan, the United States and other places are prohibited from traveling to Wuhan for business. General Motors also said in a statement that if the trip is business-critical, global employees' business trips to Wuhan must also be approved by management.

PSA Group has decided to transfer 38 foreigners working in Wuhan and their families back to their home countries. At the same time, it will take appropriate measures with its joint venture partner Dongfeng Motor to take good care of DPCA employees. In addition, some factories with dense traffic, including the PSA Wuhan factory, have implemented factory closure measures, and internal meetings will be replaced by telephone conferences.

General Motors has begun restricting employee travel to Wuhan, China. GM said in an emailed statement that the company will comprehensively review plans for global employees to travel to Wuhan, which must be approved by management.

Written at the end:

The epidemic has no mercy, and "support from all sides when one party is in trouble" has always been the most unwavering spirit of the Chinese nation in difficult and dangerous times. So far, the total amount of donations from car companies has reached nearly 100 million yuan. In the face of the powerful virus, more and more car companies have joined the reinforcement team. As individuals, what we can do is follow the arrangements, try to avoid the possibility of secondary transmission/infection of the virus, and let the epidemic dissipate as soon as possible.

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