There are more policies to stimulate auto consumption
March 30, in the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a news conference, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, vice minister Xin Guobin on the current operation of the automotive industry in detail, as of the same day, the automotive industry, the overall start-up rate of enterprises is 97%, the staff reinstatement rate has also reached 82%, the overall rate of production has been with the level of the same period last year. Xin Guobin said, "For the current auto industry, the problem of sluggish consumer demand is more prominent. We actively cooperate with the relevant ministries and commissions to study the stabilization and expansion of automobile consumption policy recommendations, and urge the regions to accelerate the introduction of policies and measures to promote automobile consumption." Xin Guobin revealed that it is believed that more policies to stimulate consumption will follow."
In addition, Xin Guobin introduced, the near future will also be on the new energy vehicles and related policies, coordination of relevant departments to make adjustments to further promote the coordinated and healthy development of the auto industry.
Major auto shows have been canceled
Following the Geneva Motor Show, the North American Auto Show, also one of the world's top five auto shows, was forced to cancel. On March 28, local time, the 2020 North American Auto Show (also known as the Detroit Auto Show), which was scheduled to open in June, was announced to be officially canceled. Due to the severe epidemic in Michigan, where Detroit is located, the TCF Center, the venue for the auto show, was commandeered by the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which decided to convert it into a centralized hospital for patients in square pods for at least six months.
Meanwhile, the organizers of the Paris Motor Show event have officially announced the formal cancellation of the main 2020 Paris Motor Show due to the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus and its economic impact. It is reported that the biennial 2020 Paris Motor Show was scheduled to be held from September 29 to October 11 at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center in the French capital, alternating with the Frankfurt Motor Show each year, and is one of the largest auto show events in history, of which the number of visitors to the 2018 Paris Motor Show totaled more than one million.
First "Hengchi 1" debut within the year
March 30, in the Evergrande Health online live 2019 results disclosure meeting, Evergrande Health Group Vice Chairman and President of Sweden NEVS Peng Jianjun in the acceptance of the investment institutions and the media questions, the Evergrande new energy automobile project is currently progressing well! The first car "Hengchi 1" will be unveiled this year; the production bases in Nansha, Guangdong and Songjiang, Shanghai will be completed in the second half of this year and put into production in 2021, with the first-phase planned production capacity of 200,000 units, which will provide a strong guarantee for the full series of products of Hengchi to be fully mass-produced one after the other in 2021.
In fact, Evergrande Health Group's new energy vehicle project has been progressing well.
In fact, not long ago on March 3, Evergrande and Koenigsegg joined forces to create a new energy supercar Gemera has been the world premiere. For the vast majority of new energy vehicle enterprises established only one year ago, these are difficult goals to accomplish, but Evergrande did it, which shows that the investment is worthwhile and necessary. And behind Evergrande Health is Evergrande Group, which has total assets of 2.1 trillion yuan and annual sales of more than 600 billion yuan, with enough financial strength to invest in the new energy vehicle business.
GAC Honda officially merges with Honda (China)
On March 29, 2020, GAC Honda Automobile Co. announced that on April 1, 2020, GAC Honda will formally complete the absorption and merger of Honda Automobile (China) Co. and the latter will be renamed as GAC Honda Guangzhou Development Zone Plant. Following the Whampoa and Zengcheng two plants of three vehicle production lines and an engine plant, GAC Honda's production system has been added to the Guangzhou Development Zone plant, into the vehicle "four lines of production" stage.
It is reported that Honda Motor (China) was founded on September 8, 2003, is China's automotive history, the first 100% export of the vehicle manufacturing enterprises. After the absorption of the merger, GAC Honda will retain Honda Motor (China) original vehicle production and export and global KD parts supply two major businesses, and continue to produce CITY models and exported to the Mexican market, but also in April 2020 from the production of domestic sales models, the first model for the Accord (ACCORD). Meanwhile, in terms of production capacity, this year, GAC Honda will be in 2019 its basic production capacity of 600,000 units / year, production of more than 760,000 units, capacity utilization rate of more than 120%, in order to meet the market demand, the third plant of GAC Honda's basic production capacity renovation project has been put into operation, the production capacity of 120,000 units / year to expand to 240,000 units / year, coupled with the Guangzhou Development Zone plant of 50,000 units / year of production capacity. In 2020, GAC Honda will form a total annual production capacity of 770,000 vehicles.
Drop resumes nighttime ride service
Drop has resumed its nighttime ride service (20:00-23:00) on March 27, the company was officially informed. While DDT this resumption of nighttime travel services, it also announced a number of security measures, including the driver and passenger real-name authentication, personal privacy protection and the trial period of the various security capabilities on the basis of a year without safety complaints and through the night travel safety test owners and passengers before the release of the night trip. At the same time, it also increased the frequency of face recognition for nighttime drivers and passengers, improved the ability to warn of abnormal nighttime trajectories, and required the owner's side to turn on the entire recording.
Lamborghini switches to mask production
In order to help fight the "epidemic", the Italian supercar brand Lamborghini (Lamborghini) to join the mask manufacturing project to alleviate the shortage of masks in Italy's major hospitals, it is reported that, since April 1, Lamborghini will be located in the supercar company in Sant'Agata Bolognese. -Since April 1, Automobili Lamborghini has transformed part of its supercar production site in Sant'Agata Bolognese to produce medical surgical masks and Plexiglas protective masks. The masks produced by Lamborghini will be donated to the Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital in Bologna to help fight the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic. Lamborghini's official response was that the masks were produced by Lamborghini employees in charge of interior production and special customization projects, with a daily production of up to 1,000 masks, while the 3D printers in the carbon-fiber production plant and the R&D department were used for the production of medical masks, with a daily production of up to 200 sets.
Ford, GE to produce ventilators starting next month
Ford Motor Co. announced March 30 that it will begin producing ventilators needed to treat patients with a new form of coronavirus pneumonia by April 20, and that the company is already working with General Electric Healthcare (GE?Healthcare) to rapidly expand production of the medical devices.
Ford is said to have first announced its plans to work with GE Healthcare a week ago and quickly assembled two teams, including Ford itself, which will produce the Model A-E ventilator in April at its parts plant in Rawsonville, Mich. Ford's director of global manufacturing core engineering, Adrian? Adrian Price, Ford's director of global manufacturing core engineering, said the company's goal is to "focus on breaking down all the constraints and bottlenecks in the process. Jim Baumbeek, Ford's vice president of corporate line management, said the company's goal is to "focus on breaking down all the constraints and bottlenecks in the process. Jim Baumbick added that the "intent" is to "double production in the coming weeks."
Meanwhile, new partner GE Healthcare is building a separate assembly line at Ford's parts plant in Rawsonville, Mich. The plant will produce what GE's Westrick describes as a more "basic" ventilator licensed from Airon.
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