In the face of the spread of new coronavirus pneumonia (NCP), major car companies have actively participated in the battle against the epidemic. In addition to donations, SAIC-GM-Wuling and BYD have also actively organized the transfer of masks, disinfectant and other materials to support the "epidemic".
On February 6, the Guangxi regional government and the Liuzhou municipal government opened a "green channel" for enterprises to support the anti-epidemic work, and SAIC-GM-Wuling announced that it would join hands with its suppliers to transfer the production of masks to support the anti-epidemic front line.
According to the project construction plan, the dust-free workshop is responsible for the reconstruction by Guangxi Construction Group, will be completed and put into use in this month, *** set 14 mask production lines, of which 4 for the N95 mask production line, 10 for the general medical protective mask production line, the daily production is expected to reach more than 1,700,000, will be able to quickly alleviate the situation of shortage of medical supplies in the region of Guangxi, for the epidemic control work to provide support. The production capacity is expected to reach more than 1.7 million units per day.
Not only that, SAIC-GM-Wuling also used the advantages of the international layout to mobilize global resources, from overseas to donate 20,000 medical masks to the Liuzhou Municipal Government to support the front-line epidemic prevention and control work.
Another domestic automaker, BYD, announced on Feb. 8 that in order to better cope with the critical period of epidemic control, the company will deploy resources to begin the design and manufacture of production equipment for protective materials, and aid in the production of masks and disinfectant solutions to meet the current demand for protective materials.
According to BYD, the masks and disinfectant solution are expected to be mass-produced and shipped around Feb. 17 (mask production capacity can reach 5 million per day by the end of this month, and disinfectant solution production capacity is 50,000 bottles per day) until the epidemic is alleviated and eliminated. The masks will be produced by BYD Baolong Nine, and the disinfectant solution will be produced by Shanwei BYD Industrial Co.
At present, BYD is actively applying for the production and access qualification of medical supplies, and the government has also opened a "green channel" for the qualification approval of emergency supplies, which is expected to be approved soon. In addition, the first batch of masks and disinfectant produced by BYD will be donated to specific groups of people, such as bus/taxi/network car drivers and volunteers, and will be supplied to the market at affordable prices.
Author: Li Kaiyu/images from the network
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