Quickly changing masks to fight the epidemic, car companies are far more "hard core" than expected.

This is an unexpected new collective action-at the moment when the whole people are united to fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, more and more China brand car companies begin to adjust their production lines and join the ranks of mask production by cooperating with specific suppliers.

Today, news from SAIC-GM-Wuling said that the first batch of masks produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling had been shipped in batches. It took only three days from putting forward the idea to the first batch of masks off the assembly line, which once again refreshed the "Wuling speed".

It is understood that SAIC-GM-Wuling is the first automobile enterprise that has obtained the Medical Device Business License and passed the professional inspection, and has the relevant qualifications for mask R&D, production and operation. It is understood that SAIC-GM-Wuling * * * has set up 14 mask production lines, including 4 N95 mask production lines and 10 general medical protective mask production lines, with a daily production capacity of 1.7 million.

BYD and Guangzhou Automobile Group also joined before. BYD's mask production can be shipped in batches in the middle and late February, and the production of disinfectant is also in full swing. Guangzhou Automobile said that the prototype of its first mask production line has been manufactured, and production can be started after debugging the production equipment in the near future. According to GAC, the daily output of its equipment is about 50,000-60,000 units, and it is expected to exceed 654.38+10,000 units after it is changed to high-speed equipment in the later period.

In fact, since the outbreak of Xinguan pneumonia, most domestic car companies have taken active actions. On the one hand, they donated money and materials to fight the epidemic, on the other hand, they adjusted themselves to control the epidemic and reduce the burden, showing an admirable sense of social responsibility. At a time when masks are in short supply, it seems more "hard-core" for car companies to make the most direct and effective help to fight the epidemic by cooperating with relevant suppliers.

According to the statement made by the relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission a few days ago, as of February 7, the capacity utilization rate of mask manufacturers nationwide has reached 73%, of which the capacity utilization rate of medical masks has reached 87%. However, with the beginning of rework, the demand for epidemic prevention masks in China has been rising recently.

We should know that the automobile industry is a personnel-intensive industry, and the internal risk control pressure during the epidemic alone is great. In addition, in the foreseeable first quarter, under the pressure of overall production reduction and stagnant terminal consumption in the whole industry, the decision to allocate funds to purchase equipment, adjust production lines and arrange employees to return to work is really commendable!

For example, three car companies that have announced the production of masks, GAC 1 10000, BYD 220,000 and SAIC-GM-Wuling 25,000. In the case that most enterprises have delayed the resumption of work, deploying employees to adjust the new production line to support mask production will face huge internal epidemic prevention risks and higher production costs.

For example, SAIC-GM-Wuling, which was the first to decide to produce masks, wanted to produce masks, but it was almost impossible to do so by its own efforts. Therefore, it cooperated with Telford Group, a supplier partner in Guangxi, to provide workshop and workshop renovation. Guangxi Construction Engineering Group is responsible for financial support, while SAIC-GM-Wuling itself is mainly responsible for providing personnel and technical support in production management, project management, equipment support, quality control and packaging.

Although the production process and flow of masks are not complicated, it is not easy for SAIC-GM-Wuling, BYD and GAC to make a decision to switch to masks in an extraordinary period and realize a package of production adjustments in a short time.

At the same time, in the fight against the impact of the epidemic on the car companies themselves, including the above three car companies that switched to masks, they still need to take time to change their production plans, terminal business policies and marketing strategies, which require huge financial and material resources.

For example, Xinbaojun, a brand owned by SAIC-GM-Wuling, while fighting the epidemic, also launched the policy of "* * * fighting the epidemic and upgrading the service", and implemented "3 prevention and 0 collision, 3 exemption and double zero" in the whole process of online non-contact car purchase, offline store service, after-sales guarantee and financial policy to ensure the safety of users during the epidemic.

In fact, apart from using masks, China car companies are also paying more attention to auxiliary products to deal with the epidemic. For example, Geely Automobile, which had previously donated 200 million yuan and spent 370 million yuan on research and development of "anti-virus vehicle", once again announced that it would integrate global R&D resources, set up a special project team to tackle key technical problems, and developed the first in-vehicle air-conditioning filter with "N95 mask" as the filtering standard in China, effectively blocking and filtering bacteria and viruses from entering the vehicle.

Geely Automobile said that it will strive to complete the research and development of this system within 20 days, and will take the lead in carrying it on 150 Cargill cars donated by Geely Automobile to the epidemic area, so as to provide greater help to the people in the epidemic area.

No matter SAIC-GM-Wuling, BYD or GAC, they all said that masks were produced for emergency and epidemic prevention, not for profit. In the extraordinary period when the epidemic was raging, it was also the helpless move of the aforementioned car companies. Compared with multinational car companies, local car companies in China have the advantages of quick decision-making and quick action in emergency measures, but more charities are more worthy of strong support from the market and consumption in the subsequent development.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.