The new crown epidemic in the country has been initially controlled but, the new crown epidemic in foreign countries continue to deteriorate, as of March 23, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Europe has reached 1.69 million, of which, Italy, Spain, Germany, France cumulative confirmed cases have exceeded 10,000 people, while the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Italy has reached 590,000 cases.
Numerous automobile enterprises have a negative impact
The new crown epidemic continues to deteriorate and continue to spread, so that in Europe and North America these automobile production and marketing of many of the core area of the automobile enterprises suffered a customer loan will soon be the dividends of the hit, according to incomplete statistics, as of March 20, overseas automobile enterprises have been shut down or intend to shut down the workshop will be more than 100, the news is really upsetting. The news is really sad, in which the overseas new crown epidemic hard-hit Europe, the number of shutdown workshops will exceed 90, the new crown epidemic hit hard, the automotive enterprises large-scale shutdowns on the European and American car market and even the global automotive industry will have a negative shadow.
According to the report released by the German rating agency scoperatings, by the new crown epidemic, the European market in 2020, car sales may drop 19%, sales will fall 9%, in addition, the well-known research organization JDPower predicted that the U.S. automotive market in March, sales year-on-year or a substantial decline of about 25%-40%, the current, on the European and American Mainstream automobile enterprises, whether in Europe, Volkswagen, psa, fca, or North America Tesla, as well as general, Ford, Chrysler, etc..
All in this new crown epidemic in the loss of heavy, automotive market research organization hismarkit recently released a set of forecast data clearly shows that the new crown epidemic will lead to the loss of the first quarter of the new car production of 2 million, it is reported that this amount will account for the first quarter of the world's total production of about 40%, and according to the Japanese economic news projections, the global automobile production in 2020 will decline by nearly 40 percent.
Automobile companies produce medical goods
New crown epidemic at the moment, the whole population to fight the epidemic is now imminent, just as more than a month ago, the Chinese government called on people to isolate the home, the enterprise delayed the resumption of work, now, foreign-funded automobile companies a large area of the shutdown shutdown, but also in the fight against the epidemic to make a huge dedication to the same, a month ago on the shortage of protective commodities, the domestic automobile companies Turned to the production of masks, disinfection supplies and many other protective commodities; now, foreign-funded automobile enterprises have also been in the government's active call, have also joined the ranks of the production of protective commodities.
According to recent reports, German auto giant Volkswagen has announced the closure of some of its factories in Europe and the U.S. and Mexico, and at the same time, they're exploring the possibility of using 3D printers to make medical respirators, VW said in a statement, adding that the company has now assembled a working group and that it's conducting some tests on the materials.
Making the impossible possible
In addition to Volkswagen, automotive companies such as General Motors, Ford, Ferrari, and Nissan, have also announced that they will begin to produce many of the medical devices in short supply, such as ventilators, and on March 22, President Donald Trump took to twitter to say that General Motors, Ford, and Tesla had been given approvals to produce a large number of ventilators, following calls from a number of U.S. government officials, including New York State Governor A number of U.S. government officials all called on Trump under the Defense Production Act, requiring companies to produce all of the medical some of the supplies, last week, Tesla, General Motors and Ford has successively hinted at preparations for the government to supply a lot of help to study the possibility of producing respiratory machines. The American Association of Critical Care Medicine predicts that there may be 960,000 new coronavirus critically ill patients in the United States, but what's heartbreaking is that there are only about 200,000 ventilators in the United States right now.
Corporate mission at a special time
The new crown epidemic is now a special time, and the time has come to show corporate social responsibility, as some European and American mainstream automobile companies have responded to the government's call to switch to the production of many medical protection goods, and have done the same thing as some Chinese automobile companies, which are also under the influence of the new crown epidemic, to switch to the production of protective masks and other medical goods.
There is no doubt that in the new crown epidemic continues to spread around the world at the moment, none of the car companies can stand alone, now, China's auto market has not yet fully recovered, the new crown epidemic to Europe and the United States car market this blow, is exacerbated in 2020, the global auto market, a drop in the magnitude.
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