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At present, the epidemic of pneumonia infected by novel coronavirus continues to spread, and the situation is still very serious, but affected by many aspects, many car companies are making plans to resume production. A few days ago, Aichi Automobile, one of the new power car companies in China, said that for the company's production plan, priority would be given to employee safety, and the resumption of production plan would be considered until the epidemic was effectively controlled.

On the evening of February 8, Fu Qiang, co-founder and president of Aichi Motor, spoke through social media. "in the face of the current severe epidemic situation, my attitude is to give priority to the safety of employees, and to resume production, we must meet the conditions that the epidemic can be effectively controlled and the health and safety of front-line employees can be guaranteed," he said. " It is even emphasized that if conditions do not permit, it is better to postpone the resumption of production, which means that the plan for the resumption of production of Aichi is still pending.

In fact, the impact of the epidemic on every car company is the same, and the shutdown means that both production capacity and sales will be affected, not to mention that Aichi is just a car start-up whose products are just beginning to hit the market. there are even more difficulties to face.

Although Aichi adhered to the export-oriented line at the beginning of its birth, that is, it adopted both domestic and international markets to promote at the same time, on the surface, the overseas market was not as seriously affected by the epidemic as the domestic market. However, at present, Aichi has only one domestic manufacturing base, and the postponement of production plans is equivalent to overseas markets being also affected.

Aichi Automobile is a newly created car company founded in 2017, headquartered in Jiangxi, China, and has launched the construction of an annual vehicle production base of 300000 vehicles in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province. In terms of capital accumulation, Aichi completed three rounds of financing, with a cumulative amount of 7 billion yuan. At present, it has two models that will soon be put into mass production: the Aichi U5 and the Gumpert Nathalie. Among them, Aichi U5 is a mid-range pure electric SUV, which has been listed in China in the fourth quarter of 2019.

Xiaopeng, also a new power car company, has also delayed its production plan, which will be postponed to February 10, 10 days later than the expected resumption of work on January 31 before the outbreak, according to Xiaopeng. During the delay, the company will pay salaries and social insurance and house fund as usual. In addition to Xiaopeng Motor, Xilai Motor and American electric car brand Tesla also adjusted the resumption time of the Shanghai super factory to February 10.

However, at a time when it is getting closer and closer to "February 10", which has been postponed again and again by most car companies, the start-up time of many car companies is still facing uncertainty. With the development of the epidemic is still not under control, in addition to the car companies located in Hubei epidemic areas, BMW, Weimar Wenzhou plants, as well as Honda and Toyota China plants have all announced plans to resume work until late February.

With the expansion of the impact of the epidemic, leading to the repeated postponement of production plans by most car companies, the auto industry will deteriorate more and more seriously, but delaying the resumption of production is a dilemma for car companies. In the view of car companies that choose to postpone production plans, although they have to bear huge losses, it is worth it relative to the health and safety of their employees. At the same time, we also learned that Jianghuai, Haima, Geely, BAIC and other car companies will no longer postpone, and will gradually enter the state of resuming work and production.

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