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One side has difficulties, all sides support, due to the sudden new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic continues to spread, the situation is grim, in order to support the fight against viral pneumonia, a number of automobile enterprises start working overtime in advance to produce special vehicles, providing anti-epidemic demand.

On the evening of January 26, Ford China officially announced that it had received orders for more than 1000 ambulances from all over the country. Ford China cooperated with its partner Jiangling Ford to actively respond, coordinate urgently, support the fight against the epidemic all over the country, and decided to work overtime to customize the production of Ford Quanshun negative pressure ambulances.

It is understood that the production of each negative pressure ambulance needs to go through the steps of basic vehicle production and modification. According to pictures released by Jiangling Ford, dozens of Jiangling Ford Quanshun cars have been neatly arranged in the factory area, waiting for production personnel to carry out modification.

According to the normal time, it takes about two weeks for the production of the general basic vehicle, and the modification of the negative pressure ambulance is also two weeks, including bubble insulation treatment, wiring, interior decoration installation, electrical, medical equipment installation, negative pressure facilities installation and other steps.

In addition to Ford Motor, a number of automobile enterprises have received orders for negative pressure ambulances, including SAIC Chase Automobile, Chery River and Brilliance Jinbei Automobile.

On January 24, SAIC GM officially announced that the company issued an emergency group notice for epidemic prevention and control on the same day, paying close attention to the latest requirements of national epidemic prevention and control from the company, department to employee level, and timely following up and recording the health status of employees. SAIC Datong Automobile Co., Ltd. received a "special order" from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. From January 24 to February 5,60 negative pressure ambulances were produced for use in key epidemic areas.

On January 25, Chery Ruifu held an emergency rescue negative pressure ambulance production start-up meeting, and officially resumed production on January 26. According to official pictures released, factory employees are wearing masks to work overtime for vehicle production and modification.

On January 26, Foton Automobile announced that in order to do a good job in the prevention and control material guarantee work of pneumonia epidemic situation in response to new coronavirus infection, an epidemic prevention and control working group was set up as soon as possible to actively produce negative pressure ambulances and fully support epidemic prevention work in various places.

On January 26, in response to pneumonia caused by new coronavirus infection in Wuhan City and other areas of Hubei Province, Brilliance Group is urgently producing negative-pressure ambulances, which can effectively isolate infectious patients and are indispensable for transporting patients.

In addition, some automobile enterprises will postpone production in response to the call of the state. In order to strengthen the prevention and control of pneumonia caused by new coronavirus infection, the General Office of the State Council issued a notice on January 27 on extending the Spring Festival holiday in 2020 to February 2.

Therefore, some automobile enterprises in Hubei Province, the key area of the epidemic situation, have taken a series of measures to curb the spread of the epidemic. Among them, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle took the lead in announcing the adjustment of production and operation plan, and its subordinate units delayed the production start-up time after the festival. Subsequently, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Supply Chain Management Department determined the specific production arrangement according to the production conditions to ensure the orderly promotion of all work. The headquarters is located in Shiyan City, Hubei Province.

Dongfeng Honda, which also belongs to Wuhan City in Hubei Province, was originally scheduled to officially produce on January 30, and there is no notice to adjust the production arrangement at present; Dongfeng Renault and Dongfeng Fengshen were originally scheduled to start normal production on February 2 and 3, but there is no notice to adjust the production arrangement at present.

In addition, as of the evening of January 27, affected by the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, a number of automobile industry enterprises have made donations, including luxury brands Mercedes-Benz, BMW, battery parts manufacturers Ningde Times and other enterprises.

The epidemic situation is more severe, as automobile enterprises should not only actively respond to the call of the state, overtime production demand vehicles, in order to ensure adequate medical facilities. At the same time, it is also the right way to curb the spread of the epidemic to postpone the start of production for non-special vehicles. In addition, donations are not competitions, the amount does not matter, because true feelings are priceless.

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