Wuhan has lifted its lockdown. Do you still remember the first car company to donate money and produce masks during the epidemic?

April 8 is a day of celebration for everyone, because on this day, Wuhan, which had been closed for 76 days, was officially unblocked, which means that the epidemic prevention and control has achieved initial results, and the economy of Wuhan and even the whole country has been affected. An orderly recovery is underway.

The epidemic is basically under control, which is inseparable from the efforts of the whole country, especially the front-line staff. In addition to these personnel, the company's rapid actions are also worth remembering. During the epidemic, they all donated heavily to support Wuhan, and worked with people across the country and brotherly companies in the epidemic area to overcome difficulties. Today, Brother Zhulu will take you to review the car companies that took the lead in responding to this epidemic.

The first company to donate: BMW China/BMW Brilliance

After the outbreak, major car companies responded to donations one after another. Among them, BMW acted very quickly, deciding at the end of January Through the BMW Love Fund of the China Charity Federation, an emergency donation of 5 million yuan was made to the Hubei Charity Federation to fight against the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in Hubei Province, especially Wuhan City.

According to Brother Xianlun’s understanding, this donation from BMW is mainly used to fund urgently needed supplies such as masks, protective clothing, and protective masks and related treatment work in Hubei Province, especially in Wuhan. BMW's donation also gave other companies a good start. Later, multinational car companies such as Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz, as well as independent brand car companies such as Geely and Chery, poured in their money to help.

It is worth mentioning that on February 12, BMW announced a further donation of 25 million yuan to help Chinese society fight the new coronavirus epidemic. So far, BMW’s cumulative donation amount has reached 35 million yuan. It can be said that BMW has fully demonstrated its responsibility and high sense of social responsibility as a domestic luxury brand car company with its practical actions.

The first company to donate vehicles: Geely Auto

Geely Automobile has been strongly supporting Wuhan in fighting the epidemic. In addition to donating more than 200 million yuan, it has also developed anti-virus vehicles and donated vehicles to Provide epidemic prevention logistical support. It is reported that Geely Automobile is the first passenger car company to donate vehicles.

It is reported that Geely Automobile donated 50 Jiaji MPVs to the Wuhan New Coronavirus Prevention and Control Headquarters for unified transportation and deployment by the local epidemic prevention and control department. At the same time, Geely Automobile also donated 34 Jiaji vehicles to Guiyang, Xi'an, Taizhou and other places to support the epidemic prevention and control work in the three places.

In addition, Geely Automobile also makes full use of global resources. Medical gloves, masks, protective clothing and other medical supplies purchased from Volvo's headquarters in Sweden and Geely's factory in Belarus are transported to various epidemic areas, and even set up emergency prevention and control centers. We control and support the fleet and provide free travel services to Wuhan citizens in various communities.

In addition to Geely Automobile, according to incomplete statistics, companies including SAIC Passenger Cars and Brilliance Renault Jinbei donated vehicles to local epidemic prevention departments during the epidemic.

The first car company to switch to mask production: SAIC-GM-Wuling

During the epidemic, masks were the most scarce material. Although all parts of the country were actively purchasing and transporting masks to the epidemic-stricken areas, they still wanted to To completely solve the mask resource gap, sufficient production capacity is still needed. Seeing this, SAIC-GM-Wuling implemented the concept of Wuling making whatever the people need, and switched to the production of masks. It changed the workshop that produces automobile NVH sound insulation cotton to a dust-free workshop, and used it to produce N95 and disposable medical masks.

Compared with other car companies that purchase anti-epidemic materials and donate them, SAIC-GM-Wuling has directly organized the production of masks with suppliers, becoming the first person in the car industry to produce masks, which can be said to be quite hard-core. It is reported that SAIC-GM-Wuling teamed up with upstream supplier Guangxi Telford Group to transform the production line to produce masks. The project took less than five days from proposing the idea to entering the specific implementation stage, which is extremely efficient.

Part of the masks produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling will be handed over to the Liuzhou Municipal Government for unified deployment to support the front line of epidemic prevention; the other part will be given to front-line strugglers of epidemic prevention and partners in the upstream and downstream industry chains. .

For example, some time ago, Wuling sent 10 million masks to front-line employees such as dealers and suppliers to support their safe resumption of work and production.

In addition, BYD Automobile and Guangzhou Automobile Group have also joined the camp of switching to mask production. Among them, BYD produces 5 million medical masks per day and 300,000 bottles of disinfectant per day. In the process of producing masks, GAC Group built 30 pieces of equipment in order to increase production capacity. It needs to be mentioned that the masks produced by these car companies are not used to make profits, but are provided to front-line personnel in epidemic prevention and control and public services, as well as company staff.

The first brand to announce that it will not set dealer targets: Volvo Cars

The anti-epidemic measures of car companies are also reflected in their caring policies for dealers. Due to the significant decline in customer traffic at automobile 4S stores during the epidemic, and difficulties in delivering large-scale vehicle orders, dealers have been under great operating pressure.

In order to reduce pressure on dealers, Volvo Cars proposed to relax performance assessment and not set a sales target for February, which is the first in the automotive industry. In addition, considering that the income of dealer staff may be affected by the epidemic, Volvo Cars has also directly provided subsidies totaling more than 10 million yuan to dealer staff.

In addition to policies during the emergency epidemic, Volvo Cars also supports dealers in many aspects, such as stepping up negotiations with banks to reduce the due repayment risk of a small number of dealers; Newly authorized 4S stores and other projects under construction will have their exemption period extended based on the agreed opening date; on-site inspection projects such as dealer standard audits will be suspended. This series of measures not only reflects corporate social responsibility, but also reflects the importance Volvo Cars attaches to its dealer partners.

When one party is in trouble, all parties support it. This epidemic has once again shown us the responsibility and responsibility of car companies, and they are all sparing no effort to support the epidemic-stricken areas. Now, after more than two months of hard work, the epidemic has finally been basically controlled. Although the epidemic is still affecting our lives, with the whole country united to fight the epidemic, I believe we will be able to completely defeat the epidemic in the near future.

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