Auto market war "epidemic"

The epidemic in novel coronavirus was so fierce that the whole automobile industry was caught off guard.

Affected by the epidemic, various provinces and cities in China issued a notice to extend the Spring Festival holiday in 2020, and the upstream and downstream and terminal retail of the automobile industry were forced to suspend business due to the epidemic. As of today, it has been more than two weeks since New Year's Eve, and most car companies still have not returned to work. Some foreign authorities predict that if February 10 is the resumption point, China's automobile industry will reduce production by nearly 350,000 vehicles.

In the face of the sudden epidemic, car companies have also tried their best to deal with it. In addition to donating money and materials to the front line of epidemic prevention, many car companies represented by Volvo choose to subsidize dealers, which is difficult; BYD, a new energy giant, went astray, and one of its subsidiaries expanded its business scope and switched to alcohol production; SAIC-GM-Wuling cooperated with suppliers to modify masks to support the front line of epidemic prevention with practical actions.

As the center of the epidemic, Wuhan's automobile industry affects the hearts of all people in the automobile circle most-Wuhan is a pivotal city in China's automobile industry. This epidemic will have an impact not only on the automobile industry in Wuhan, but also on the automobile industry in the whole country.

If FAW is the "eldest son" of China automobile industry, Wuhan-based Dongfeng Group is the "second son" of this big family. The second automobile factory, the predecessor of Dongfeng Group, has been established for more than half a century. Faw liberation and Dongfeng of the Second Automobile Company used to be two trump cards in China's automobile industry.

In 2003, the headquarters of Dongfeng Group was moved from Shiyan, Hubei Province to Wuhan, the provincial capital. Wuhan, the thoroughfare of nine provinces, has helped Dongfeng Group embark on the fast lane of development, and Dongfeng has also made Wuhan a new "automobile city". Today, the automobile industry has been the first pillar industry in Wuhan in recent 10 years, and the output value of Wuhan automobile industry ranks sixth in all major cities in China.

Today, Wuhan has not only automobile manufacturing enterprises such as Dongfeng Passenger Car (Dongfeng Shen Feng), Dongfeng Honda, Dongfeng Renault, Shenlong Automobile (Dongfeng Peugeot, Dongfeng Citroen) and SAIC-GM, but also a number of parts enterprises including top suppliers such as Webasto, Valeo, Ampford and Delphi. According to incomplete statistics, there are nearly 500 auto parts enterprises in Wuhan, and their product types cover engines, gearboxes, chassis, Delphi and so on. When Wuhan was physically "isolated" because of the epidemic, the workers' return to work was delayed, the logistics in and out of Wuhan almost stopped, and the automobile industry in Wuhan almost stopped. ...

At the center of the whirlpool, Shenlong Automobile is undoubtedly one of the most affected automobile companies in this epidemic.

For Shenlong Automobile, 2020 was originally a year that marked the full implementation of the "Yuan" plan for revival. While the epidemic has had a huge impact, it is fortunate that Shenlong Automobile has settled in Chengdu. Chengdu No.4 Factory is the most advanced intelligent factory in DPCA. At present, the most popular Peugeot brand and Citroen brand C5? SUV models such as Aircross, 4008 and 5008 are all produced here.

Almost at the same time that DPCA held the 2020 business meeting and the 20 19 annual summary and commendation meeting, DPCA has begun to fully enter the special work rhythm of fighting the epidemic. On New Year's Eve, Shenlong Company set up the epidemic prevention and control headquarters as soon as possible and began to deploy and carry out the company's epidemic prevention and control work.

At the same time, Dongfeng's subsidiaries also acted quickly. In the extreme shortage of masks, protective clothing and goggles, Dongfeng Accessories donated 10000 medical masks to Sinopharm Dongfeng Health Industry Co., Ltd.; Dongfeng commercial vehicle, Dongfeng off-road vehicle and Dongfeng special commercial vehicle donated 400 sets of protective clothing and 900 pairs of goggles to Sinopharm Dongfeng. Dongfeng Xiaokang and Dongfeng spare parts donated 300 sets of protective clothing and 200 pairs of goggles to Shiyan prevention and control headquarters; Dongfeng Xiaokang donated vehicles worth 5 million yuan.

654381October 26th, emergency supplies were further in a hurry, and Dongfeng Motor donated RMB100000 to Shiyan City and Xiangyang City respectively. At the same time, Dongfeng Limited and Dongfeng Honda each donated 3 million yuan to Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone, with a cumulative donation of 36 million yuan. What makes Dongfeng popular is that Zhu Yanfeng, chairman and party secretary of Dongfeng Group, who lives in Changchun, Northeast China, chose to stay firmly in Wuhan and join in the fight against the epidemic.

In addition to the local Dongfeng Group, brands that set up factories in Wuhan include SAIC-GM and Geely Automobile.

20 12 SAIC-GM Wuhan production base was laid in Jiangxia Jinkou, and was completed and put into operation on 20 15. Now many popular models of Chevrolet and Buick brands, including explorers, are off the assembly line here.

Geely Group, as the leader of its own brand, chose Wuhan as the root of its luxury sports brand Lotus. 20 17 acquired Proton Malaysia, and thus gained control of the old sports car Lotus. In 20 18, Geely decided to build a lotus automobile factory project with an annual output of150,000 vehicles in Wuhan. Nowadays, the construction progress of the factory is inevitably affected by the virus epidemic, and the road of domestic lotus will also be delayed for some time.

While Wuhan is touching people's hearts, automobile enterprises scattered all over Hubei and even all over the country are inevitably impacted by the epidemic. After two years of sales decline, 2020 was originally expected to stop falling and stabilize. The sudden novel coronavirus epidemic has once again dealt a heavy blow to the industry. ...

As an important economic pillar, what kind of blow will the automobile industry encounter, and what kind of attitude will the automobile enterprises under heavy pressure face the challenge? Auto Media will bring all-round and scanning diagnosis through visits to many auto companies-we not only help the auto industry feel the pulse, but also hope to bring more positive energy of "war epidemic" and cheer for the auto industry to get out of the epidemic haze as soon as possible!

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