At present, the fight against the pneumonia epidemic caused by the new coronavirus has become a top priority for the whole country, and all companies are doing their best to support the "fight against the epidemic." Indeed, everyone knows that no snowflake is innocent in an avalanche. Therefore, in addition to the timely donation of relevant materials by medical/daily necessities companies, many well-known car companies have responded quickly and timely with donations, materials, or special vehicles. As of February 4, many car companies have donated millions or tens of millions of yuan, but one Chinese car company's donation of 200 million yuan simply surprised everyone... .
This Chinese car company is Geely Holding Group, one of the leading companies in Chinese car brands. As early as January 28, Geely Holding Group has joined hands with the Li Shufu Charity Foundation to establish 2 100 million yuan special fund for new pneumonia epidemic prevention and control. Although the amount of Geely Automobile's donation is astonishing, Geely Automobile's contribution to this epidemic is not limited to this.
On February 1, in order to ensure the normal living needs of Wuhan residents, Caocao Travel, a subsidiary of Geely Holding Group, established an "emergency prevention and control support fleet" with hundreds of people, which was handed over to relevant departments and community committees for unified dispatch. , providing free home services such as meal delivery, food delivery, and medicine delivery to residents with inconvenience in various communities in Wuhan, and helping emergency medical treatment for necessary non-febrile diseases, making every effort to solve people's concerns.
On February 3, Geely Holding Group mobilized global resources and urgently raised support materials: the first batch of medical gloves, masks, protective clothing and other urgently needed epidemic prevention and control materials purchased from Sweden and Belarus. Medical supplies are also gradually arriving in areas where the epidemic has occurred. Provide "anti-epidemic" support from multiple perspectives and with a strong layout.
Since it is said to be from multiple angles, how can there be a lack of vehicle support? The 50 Geely Jiaji MPV models donated by Geely Holding Group in response to the epidemic were sent to Wuhan from the Guiyang South Station Logistics Center of China Railway Chengdu Bureau Group Co., Ltd. a few days ago. The 2-hour emergency shipment of marshalling, transport, and loading bought valuable time for the transportation of materials in the epidemic area.
Today, on February 4, Geely Holding Group decided that Geely Automobile will invest 370 million yuan in advance to start the research and development of "all-round healthy cars" with virus prevention functions. This move not only means that Geely's emphasis on "driver and passenger safety" has increased to a new dimension and reached a new height, but also represents a new development direction in the current automotive research and development field.
It is understood that the "all-round health car" will be different from professional medical protective cars and is a consumer-grade product mainly targeted at ordinary consumers. It not only has the functions of isolating harmful substances in the outside air and quickly and efficiently purifying the air in the car that Geely Automobile products already have, but will also focus on breaking through the virus prevention functions and technologies in the car to effectively eliminate viruses or reduce the harm of viruses to the human body. At the same time, all materials in the car will not only have high environmental protection, but also have the ability to inhibit bacteria or surface sterilization by adding certain antibacterial substances, achieving "all-round health" with more practical value.
Since there have been no examples of mass-produced cars relying on automotive software and hardware to prevent viruses, Geely Automobile’s move provides a new perspective for automobile research and development. However, Geely Automobile will face technical difficulties and all The cross-domain cooperation projects required are also unprecedented. Therefore, Geely Automobile will make full use of the global system and resources, cooperate with relevant professional medical institutions and scientific and technological research and development institutions at home and abroad, and jointly establish a special project team to carry out technical research work. Once Geely's "all-round healthy car" is officially put into the market, the industry's evaluation standards for "in-car ecological environment" will also usher in huge innovations.
Geely Automobile has always adhered to the green design concept of "people-oriented, safe and ecological car manufacturing", pioneered humanized technologies such as "safety identification circle" and "car ecological purification cabin" and successfully applied them in products. The launch of the research and development of "all-round healthy cars" marks the first time that Geely Automobile has proposed the concept that "in addition to the active and passive safety of the vehicle itself, the safety of using the car should also pay attention to the health and safety of the drivers and passengers in the car." This will be Geely's first A new milestone in the development of automobiles in the field of health and safety products.
I believe that with the united efforts of the people across the country, we will surely defeat the epidemic! !
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