***Car companies take action to overcome the current difficulties

With the emergence of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, the whole society has launched a war to prevent and control the epidemic, and more than a hundred car companies have shown their true feelings in "fighting the epidemic". It is worth mentioning that in addition to donating money and materials, car companies have also set up special anti-epidemic funds and arranged the production and dispatch of masks and other materials, bringing substantial support to the front line of "anti-epidemic".

Respond as soon as possible, when car companies donate money and materials

Dongfeng Motor Group, which is located in Wuhan, acted immediately. On January 23, Dongfeng Corporation urgently donated RMB 10 million to purchase anti-epidemic materials and other products to fight the epidemic; on January 26, Dongfeng Corporation and its subsidiaries donated another 26 million yuan to Hubei; on February 7, Dongfeng Motor The group launched the third batch of donations and donated another 20 million yuan in money and materials to support the fight against the epidemic; Dongfeng Scenery donated vehicles with a total value of 5 million yuan. According to Dongfeng Motor officials, Dongfeng Motor has donated a total of more than 60 million yuan in money and materials to Hubei. It is understood that while donating cash and medical supplies, Dongfeng Travel Company, a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor, has also established an emergency fleet to provide travel services to 280 communities in Wuhan, as well as door-to-door food delivery, medicine delivery and meal delivery services to community residents.

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. On January 28, GAC Honda and GAC Toyota took out factory reserve materials and donated 4,000 and 6,000 masks to Guangzhou First People's Hospital respectively. According to statistics, the cumulative donation amount and value of GAC Group (GAC Honda, GAC Toyota, GAC Passenger Vehicle) has exceeded 22 million yuan, of which more than 15 million yuan has been donated by the GAC Group headquarters, including the unified deployment and use by the Wuhan New Coronavirus Prevention and Control Headquarters The new generation of Trumpchi GA6 sedan.

On January 27, China FAW Group, FAW-Volkswagen and FAW Toyota donated 17 million yuan in cash to support the prevention and control of the new coronavirus epidemic nationwide, especially in Wuhan. Among them, China FAW donated 10 million yuan, FAW-Volkswagen donated 6 million yuan, and FAW Toyota donated 1 million yuan. In addition to financial support, after Wuhan suspended public transportation, online taxis and private cars, FAW Travel, a subsidiary of China FAW, organized a "special love fleet" to uniformly dispatch medical personnel according to Wuhan's needs. and provide corresponding travel services to citizens. In addition, "FAW Travel" will organize a "special love fleet" for cities covered by its business that have adopted traffic control measures due to epidemic prevention and control, which will be dispatched and used by the local area.

On January 28, BYD Co., Ltd. announced that it would donate RMB 10 million in love funds to the Hubei Charity Federation through the BYD Charity Foundation to support the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic. Later, BYD announced that it would donate an additional 1 million yuan worth of N95 masks on top of its 10 million yuan donation. It is understood that on the afternoon of February 6, N95 masks and other medical supplies worth 1 million yuan were sent to China from BYD's Brazilian branch.

On January 29, Changan Automobile Group announced a donation of 10 million yuan to fully support the prevention and control of the pneumonia epidemic caused by the new coronavirus infection. Among them, Changan Automobile donated 5 million yuan, Changan Ford donated 2 million yuan, Changan Mazda donated 2 million yuan, and Changan Leap donated 1 million yuan. In addition, Changan Automobile has also cooperated with Changan Minsheng Logistics to assist in transporting more than 200 boxes of anti-disaster masks and 6 tons of disinfection supplies from all over the country to Chongqing; supported the Nanjing Jiangning Development Zone Management Committee in transporting 500 boxes of emergency disinfection supplies; completed the construction of Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital Emergency delivery task of 2 tons of urgently needed materials due to the epidemic.

On February 3, Great Wall Motors officially announced that Great Wall Motors has decided to donate 10 Great Wall pickup trucks with a total value of 1.15 million yuan to the Chongqing Charity Federation to support the epidemic prevention and emergency work in Chongqing. .

Previously, Great Wall Motors had donated 5 million yuan to the Hubei Provincial Charity Federation. It is reported that the amount included 3 million yuan to support the purchase of urgently needed epidemic prevention and control materials in more than ten cities including Wuhan, Huanggang, and Qianjiang. and 2 million yuan in cash uniformly allocated and used by the Hubei Provincial Prevention and Control Headquarters.

In addition, SAIC and its subsidiaries donated 22 million in cash and medical supplies. Among them, SAIC Group donated 20 negative pressure ambulances worth 6 million yuan for priority use in epidemic prevention and control in Shanghai. SAIC Volkswagen and SAIC General Motors will donate 8 million yuan in cash to Shanghai and Wuhan each. In addition, on February 5, the day Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital was built, 30 SAIC Maxus negative pressure ambulances rushed to the scene and were ready to stand ready; at the same time, another 25 ambulances also traveled through the starry night on February 5 after undergoing final installation and commissioning at the SAIC Maxus Wuxi factory. Arriving in Wuhan on March 6th. It is worth mentioning that, based on the previous donation of 8 million yuan, SAIC Volkswagen recently donated an additional 32 million yuan to the epidemic area, bringing its total donation to 40 million yuan.

On January 28, Beijing Hyundai and Hyundai Motor Group *** jointly donated 15 million yuan in donations, including medical supplies worth 5 million yuan and 10 million yuan in cash. This donation operation is domestic procurement in South Korea and global material procurement. So far, 6 types of medical supplies have been purchased in South Korea, totaling 120,000 pieces of 20 tons, and they have arrived in China as the first wave of supplies, including disposable latex (sterilized). Gloves, medical gowns, medical caps, medical shoes, medical masks, bed covers. In addition, on February 7, Hyundai Group’s airlift of N95 masks, protective clothing and other donated materials for the second wave of epidemic prevention and control from Switzerland and Italy was also confirmed to have arrived in China.

On January 28, Chery Holding Group Co., Ltd. decided to donate 10 million yuan to aid 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. It is worth mentioning that recently, in the workshop of Chery River Special Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Chery Holding Group, 20 negative pressure ambulances were completed and successfully delivered after more than 10 days of overtime work.

Establishing a special fund for prevention and control to fully support the "anti-epidemic"

In addition to donating money and materials to support the epidemic, car companies also have many ways to see real solutions. On January 28, Geely Holding Group announced that it would join hands with the Li Shufu Charity Foundation to establish a 200 million yuan special fund for the prevention and control of the new pneumonia epidemic. It also stated that it would further expand the scale of the special fund in a timely manner based on the needs of epidemic prevention and control. On February 1, China FAW also officially announced the establishment of a special fund for epidemic prevention and control; China FAW officially revealed that the additional donation funds will be used to expand the scope of prevention and control, increase "healthy travel", and improve precision in fighting the "epidemic". to support the prevention and control of the new coronavirus.

At the same time, Jaguar Land Rover (China) Investment Co., Ltd. made an emergency donation of RMB 8 million for current epidemic prevention and control support and primary and secondary school campus prevention of major epidemic diseases. On January 31, Volvo Cars (Asia Pacific) Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. announced that it will establish a special fund to fight the new coronavirus through the Shanghai Medical and Health Development Foundation. The first batch of 1 million donations will be directed to support the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center. The pathogenesis, clinical treatment research, vaccine development and related drug development of the new coronavirus.

Moving to the production of masks and disinfectants? Car companies have a role to play

Mask production capacity has been one of the hottest topics in recent days. Recently, SAIC-GM-Wuling joint suppliers converted production lines to produce masks. The company plans to set up 4 N95 production lines and 10 general medical protective mask production lines. The daily production volume is expected to reach more than 1.7 million, which can quickly relieve the medical supplies in Guangxi. A tense situation.

In addition, following the announcement of a donation of 10 million yuan and masks worth 1 million yuan, a subsidiary of BYD has added a new project of research and development, production and sales of disinfectant products; masks and disinfectants are expected to be sold in 2 Mass production and shipment will be around March 17 (the mask production capacity can reach 5 million pieces/day by the end of this month, and the disinfectant production capacity can reach 50,000 bottles/day).

On February 8, GAC Group also announced that it would study plans to build mask production equipment and production lines to meet the needs of epidemic prevention and control. At the same time, GAC Group stated that it is currently making every effort to mobilize resources to urgently demonstrate and research the production of masks. This work is promoted by the GAC Group Parts Division.

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As the national pillar industry, the automobile industry, in the face of the sudden epidemic, the assistance and donations of automobile people reflect the social responsibility of automobiles and demonstrate the enthusiasm of automobile people. Feelings of family and country. According to incomplete statistics, more than 80 companies in the automobile industry have donated money and materials, with a total amount of more than 1 billion yuan.

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