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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT): the overall start rate of automobile enterprises has reached 97%, and encourages the introduction of policies to stimulate demand
On March 30? , at the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism press conference site, Xin Guobin, vice minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that since February 19 to now, the automotive industry, the overall start rate of enterprises has been raised from about 60% to 97%, the employee reinstatement rate from about 50% to 82%, the overall production rate has been comparable to the same period last year. In order to solve the problem of insufficient demand, Xin Guobin said, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology actively cooperate with relevant ministries and commissions, research to stabilize and expand automobile consumption policy recommendations, urge the regions to speed up the introduction of policies and measures to promote automobile consumption, there have been Guangdong, Shandong, Jilin, Hainan, and Shenzhen, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Nanchang, and other provinces and municipalities have introduced some specific policies. Specific policies, Hangzhou City in 2020, a one-time increase of 20,000 minibus indicators; Changchun City, issued regulations, the purchase of the city's production and sales in the province to fall registration of the car, each given 3% of the purchase price of a one-time subsidy of up to 4,000 yuan; Guangdong Province, to encourage Guangzhou, Shenzhen, to relax the automobile shaking and bidding indicators. In addition, Xin Guobin revealed that for new energy vehicles and related policies, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will coordinate with relevant departments in the near future to make adjustments to further promote the coordinated and healthy development of the auto industry.
2020 North American auto show canceled? The venue will be converted into a square cabin hospital
According to foreign media reports, the North American Auto Show scheduled for June 2020, due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the United States officially announced the cancellation of the March 30, the U.S. new crown epidemic cumulative diagnosis has reached 142,100 people, the number of people in a single day reached 17,900 new people. It is reported that the TCF Center, the venue of the North American Auto Show, will be requisitioned by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency and will be converted into a square-cabin hospital for the treatment of patients with new crown.
Beijing to phase out high-emission old motor vehicles from April 1 to enjoy government subsidies
On March 30, in order to promote the elimination and renewal of high-emission old motor vehicles and optimize the structure of motor vehicle stock, the General Office of the People's Government of Beijing Municipality issued the Notice on "Beijing Municipality to Further Promote the Program of Phasing Out and Renewal of High-emission Old Motor Vehicles (2020-2021)" (the "Notice"). The Notice states that the high-emission old motor vehicles referred to in the new program are National III emission standard gasoline passenger vehicles and gasoline cargo vehicles registered in Beijing. In terms of specific measures, the new program will rely on market trading platforms to give government subsidies to owners of high-emission old motor vehicles that are scrapped or transferred out of the city, and to guide automobile manufacturers to give corporate incentives to owners of high-emission old motor vehicles that are scrapped or transferred out of the city and replaced with new vehicles.
740 million yuan to buy the new energy of the Hekang? Midea into the new energy vehicle industry
Midea Group recently released the "on the acquisition of Beijing Hekang new energy technology limited company (hereinafter referred to as Hekang new energy) controlling stake in the reminder announcement", said the company intends to through the subsidiary of guangdong Midea HVAC equipment limited company (hereinafter referred to as the United States of America HVAC) by agreement to acquire the controlling stake in the Hekang new energy, the purchase price of 740 million yuan. According to the above agreement, after this transaction, the United States HVAC will control 23.73% of the voting rights of Hekang Xinneng, become the controlling shareholder of the company, the United States Group will become the company's indirect controlling shareholder. For this transaction, industry insiders believe that the United States in addition to the advantages of the new energy in the field of air conditioning, more coveted in its layout of the new energy industry. At present, Hekang New Energy in the assembly supporting and operation industry layout to Hekang power, Hekang intelligent, smooth company based on the three companies, specific division of labor: Hekang power is responsible for new energy vehicle core components manufacturing and new energy vehicle system assembly; Hekang intelligent is responsible for new energy vehicle charging pile manufacturing; smooth company is responsible for new energy vehicle intelligent charging network construction and operation, new energy vehicle leasing business, cloud platform and APP application. platform and APP application. In addition, in the new energy vehicle powertrain and key components, Hekang New Energy's powertrain products have formed a supporting relationship with a number of domestic mainstream car manufacturers.
Evergrande Health: "Hengchi 1" will be unveiled this year, and the whole series of Hengchi products will be mass-produced one after another from next year
March 30, Evergrande Health released an announcement that the Group's new energy automobile business is being pushed forward in accordance with the established goals. 1" is scheduled to debut in 2020, Hengchi full series of products will be realized from 2021 full mass production; Guangdong and Shanghai production base will be completed in the second half of 2020, put into production in 2021, the first phase of the planning capacity of 200,000 units.
Trump used emergency powers to require GM to immediately produce ventilators
According to foreign media reports, U.S. President Donald Trump (Donald?Trump) used emergency powers to require General Motors to produce much-needed ventilators for patients with the new coronavirus, after accusing GM of "wasting time" in the negotiations. ". Trump, who has long been accused of not acting sooner to speed up the production of medical equipment, recently invoked the Defense?Production?Act for the first time and said GM was not moving fast enough, even though on March 27, GM announced it would begin production of ventilators in the coming weeks. Speaking about the negotiations with GM, Trump said at a news conference, "I'm not happy about it." White House adviser Peter?Navarro said the U.S. government's conversations with GM hit a "roadblock" this week.
GAC Honda Completes Absorption and Merger of Honda Motor (China), Expanding Total Annual Capacity to 770,000 Vehicles
On March 29, GAC Honda Automobile Co. announced that it will formally complete the absorption and merger of Honda Motor (China) Co. from next month. Ltd. was renamed GAC Honda Guangzhou Development Zone Plant. Thus, GAC Honda has two plants in Huangpu and Zengcheng, three vehicle production lines and an engine plant, and a new plant in Guangzhou Development Zone, officially entering the "four lines of production" era
Volkswagen Group CEO Dies: weekly loss of 2 billion euros? No income except for the Chinese market
Volkswagen Group CEO said in an interview with a local German TV station, Dazhong currently has no sales or income except in the Chinese market, during this period, still need to bear high fixed costs, about 2 billion euros per week. Volkswagen AG, the world's largest auto group, has closed plants in Europe and the United States earlier this month in response to the new crown epidemic crisis. "Only if the epidemic is contained as effectively as in Asian countries such as China can we stand a chance of getting through the crisis without job losses. That requires very strong intervention." Dees said. Car sales in markets other than China have effectively come to a standstill, according to Dees. And in China, the VW Group's biggest global market, production and sales demand has returned to about 50 percent of pre-outbreak crisis levels.
"OEM emperor" Magna switches to global production of masks
Recently, Magna, the world's largest supplier of automotive manufacturing services and components, said it would withdraw its previously released earnings forecasts in light of the high level of uncertainty brought about by the impact of the epidemic. Meanwhile, some Magna plants in Europe and North America have begun switching to mask production. Magna is also in discussions with a number of automakers to provide specialized parts for equipment used in the production of respirators and protective masks
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