Nearly 30 car companies donated 400 million to fight the epidemic, including 200 million from Geely! Rushing to help Wuhan, Autobots are on the road

The Spring Festival of 2020 is destined to be remembered by everyone. The death of a basketball superstar and a sudden new coronavirus pneumonia are spreading across the country. Many people have no choice but to say that it would be great if they could "restart 2020."

But everything can only be looked forward to. The epidemic is raging, and new cases in Wuhan and across the country every day are irritating everyone's nerves. ?Medical supplies from all over the country are concentrated in Wuhan, and medical personnel rush to the front line of the epidemic in Wuhan. The Wuhan version of the "Xiaotangshan" hospital is being quickly built. Every piece of news about the epidemic affects the hearts of people across the country.

When one party is in trouble, all parties support it. Forces from all walks of life to fight the epidemic are continuously gathering in Wuhan. Alibaba, Huawei, Baidu, Xiaomi and other companies rushed to donate money and materials to Wuhan. As an automobile editor, the author has noticed that domestic automobile companies are also moving quickly to lend a helping hand to Wuhan in various ways such as donations, car donations, free use of cars, and donations of masks and other protective materials. According to incomplete statistics, nearly 30 car companies have provided a total of nearly 400 million yuan in cash and relief supplies. It is worth mentioning that Geely Holding Group alone donated more than 200 million yuan.

As a state-owned enterprise in Hubei, Dongfeng Motor Group has taken the lead in donating RMB 10 million to the Shiyan Charity Federation and the Xiangyang Red Cross Society since January 23 to support the two local governments in fighting the new coronavirus epidemic; its subsidiaries Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. and Dongfeng Honda Motor Co., Ltd. respectively donated RMB 3 million to Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone (Hannan District) through the Dongfeng Charity Foundation for medical assistance for epidemic prevention and control in the jurisdiction. So far, Dongfeng has donated a total of 36 million yuan to Hubei.

Geely Holding Group, located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, recently joined hands with the Li Shufu Charity Foundation to set up a special fund of 200 million yuan for the prevention and control of the new pneumonia epidemic to support Hubei, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Henan and other countries with serious new pneumonia epidemics. Regarding the regional epidemic prevention and control work, Geely said it will further expand the scale of the special fund in a timely manner based on the needs of epidemic prevention and control.

At the same time, Geely is actively cooperating with its overseas subsidiaries to make full use of the efficiency and convenience advantages of Geely's offices around the world to raise funds to purchase urgently needed medical supplies for epidemic prevention and control in countries and regions such as Sweden. Provide support to serious areas. The first batch of 250,000 medical masks has been sent to China from Sweden.

In addition, Geely 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.

In order to help contain the epidemic as soon as possible, like Geely, also on January 28, Chery Holding Group Co., Ltd. decided to donate 10 million yuan, including providing cash, special ambulance vehicles, and medical protective masks. , protective clothing, goggles and other medical protective materials are mainly used to support Hubei and other areas with severe epidemics. Among them, medical masks, protective clothing, goggles and other medical supplies that are currently in short supply in China purchased using Chery’s overseas network resources will be Recently, it has been airlifted domestically to meet the urgent need for protection of medical staff and people in epidemic areas; special ambulance vehicles will be used to support patient rescue in areas with severe epidemics.

Not only Chinese brand car companies are rushing to support Wuhan, but many joint venture brands and luxury brands are also in the support team. Recently, BMW (China) Automobile Trading Co., Ltd. and BMW Brilliance Automotive Co., Ltd. will donate funds through the China Charity Corporation The BMW Love Fund made an urgent donation of RMB 5 million to the Hubei Charity Federation to fight against the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in Hubei Province, especially Wuhan City. It will mainly be used to fund urgently needed masks, protective clothing, protective face shields, etc. for local hospitals in Wuhan. Supplies are in short supply.

On January 26, Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales and Service Co., Ltd. and Beijing Benz Automobile Co., Ltd., together with dealer partners, announced that through the China Youth Development Foundation Mercedes-Benz Star The May Foundation donates 10 million yuan in love funds.

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 for current epidemic prevention and control support and the prevention of major epidemic diseases in primary and secondary schools. .

In addition to the car companies mentioned above, as of the evening of January 28, there were nearly 30 car companies including BYD, Beijing Hyundai, GAC Group, Great Wall Motors, and new car-making forces such as Weilai and Nezha. Donated funds and relief supplies to areas severely affected by the epidemic, with a total donation of nearly 400 million yuan. Due to limited space, I will not list them all here. There is no ranking here or the amount of donation. We have seen the united efforts and strong social responsibility of various car companies in the face of the epidemic.

In the face of the epidemic, there is the concerted efforts of enterprises, the unwavering determination of front-line medical staff, and the united will of all sectors of society across the country. We believe that this "tough battle" without gunpowder will be a triumph!

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