To stop the epidemic, car companies are taking action! ! Geely donated 200 million, SAIC donated negative pressure vehicles...

From 10:00 on January 23, Wuhan, the "thoroughway of nine provinces", began to lock down the city. A major "epidemic" has swept across the country at the beginning of the new year.

The pneumonia epidemic caused by the new coronavirus has continued to become an urgent problem in our country, and the epidemic situation has always affected the hearts of the people across the country.

On the first night of Wuhan’s lockdown, Dongfeng Motor Group, which originated in Shiyan, emerged in Jingchu, and is headquartered in Wuhan, urgently donated tens of millions of items to the Wuhan Charity Federation and organized a fleet of vehicles to support Wuhan. With Shiyan.

Other domestic car companies also responded quickly.

Geely, Great Wall, BYD, Chery, NIO, Xiaopeng, WM Motor, etc. have all extended a helping hand. SINOMACH and China Automotive Technology and Research Center are also providing continuous support to combat the epidemic.

The list of donations from the automotive industry to support the anti-epidemic continues to be updated. BAIC Group announced a donation of 17 million yuan, Volvo donated 11 million yuan, China FAW and FAW-Volkswagen each increased their donations to 40 million yuan, JAC Volkswagen, and Triangle Tire , Japan Denso also entered the donation list.

China FAW announced on February 2 that China FAW and FAW-Volkswagen each donated additional funds of 40 million yuan, totaling 80 million yuan. Adding 1 million yuan from FAW Toyota, China FAW Group has accumulated Donated 81 million yuan and established a special fund for epidemic prevention and control to resolutely help win the battle against the epidemic. At present, the donated funds have been officially implemented in conjunction with the China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation. All work including funds, materials, vehicles, etc. are carried out in an intensive and orderly manner as planned, and the materials have gradually arrived in Hubei.

Ford China has joined forces 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 production and are being assembled one after another. They are heading to various "battlefields" across the country to actively respond to and support governments at all levels. arrangement.

BAIC Group stated that it has jointly donated 17 million yuan to 10 of its units, including Foton Motor, BAIC Off-Road, BAIC Motor, BAIC New Energy, Fujian Benz, etc.

BAIC Group’s donation will be used to purchase emergency rescue supplies in affected areas to meet the needs of treating patients. These materials will be donated to the China Charity Federation and distributed through the China Charity Federation to the five provinces of Hubei, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Henan, Hunan and Beijing where the epidemic is currently the most severe.

BAIC Group stated that it covers 10 million yuan from Beijing Benz, 15 million yuan from Beijing Hyundai and Hyundai Motor, and 1 million yuan from Beijing Hyundai Finance. BAIC Group and its member units and affiliated units have accumulated donations through different channels. Donated 43 million yuan in materials and materials.

In addition, Fujian Benz and Beiqi Foton responded to the negative pressure ambulance production tasks issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and resumed work during the New Year to ensure the production of negative pressure ambulances. Currently, many negative pressure ambulances are participating in the anti-epidemic work.

At the same time, Volvo Cars also 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 of the new coronavirus, clinical treatment research, vaccine research and development, and the development of related drugs have made efforts to fundamentally prevent the spread of the virus.

At the same time, 10 million yuan of medical emergency supplies and equipment were donated to the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center and some Shanghai tertiary hospitals for epidemic prevention and control. Both donations will be made jointly by Volvo Cars and the Li Shufu Charity Foundation’s Special Fund for Epidemic Prevention and Control***.

At the same time, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology also assigned SAIC Maxus the task of producing 60 negative pressure ambulances, which was coordinated by the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology.

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; Maxus 5G live broadcast RV enters the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University and has a close dialogue with frontline medical staff; a fleet of 100 Maxus G10 prevention and control volunteers is in Wuhan Escort...

In addition, many car companies have taken advantage of their global channels to purchase medical supplies from overseas and transport them back to China.

Chery Automobile said on February 1 that the company had made every effort to raise domestically scarce medical protective supplies from more than 10 countries, including Israel, Brazil, Russia, and Argentina, and they have now arrived in China. Geely Automobile said it purchased medical supplies from Sweden and Belarus and shipped them back to China. BYD said that the company has added 1 million yuan worth of N95 masks, which will be purchased by overseas branches and shipped back to the country.

More vehicle companies, new vehicle manufacturing forces, and parts and components companies are taking action with confidence. Sailun Group donated 10 million yuan, Weilai User Trust decided to raise 5 million yuan in special funds for epidemic prevention and control, WM Motor donated 4 million yuan in materials, Shandong Luoxiang Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. donated 1 million yuan, and Chengli Automobile Group Donated 1 million yuan to the Red Cross Society of China, Hubei Sanhuan Forging Co., Ltd. donated 1 million yuan, Yutong Bus donated 10 negative pressure ambulances, and Xinte Motors donated 10,000 sets of protective materials... As of the evening of January 29, according to According to incomplete statistics, the total amount of charity donations from companies related to the automobile industry exceeds 770 million yuan.

List of funds donated by the automobile industry to support the fight against the epidemic (updated on February 7)

Due to the crisis of the epidemic, public activities have been suspended and some public places have been closed across the country. ***place. The State Council also recommends appropriately extending holidays to avoid further spread of the epidemic.

Although this is not good news for the Chinese auto market in 2020. But in the face of a major disaster, every car company and everyone is working together to fight the epidemic. Come on Wuhan, come on China!

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