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Affected by the novel coronavirus epidemic this year, the global economic market has had a great impact, including the domestic car market, so that "global anti-epidemic" has become everyone's goal. But for Geely, it is outstanding in this "war plague". Following the launch of the "anti-virus" model, Li Shufu, chairman of Geely, said that a nucleic acid testing car is being developed.

Recently, Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Group, once again mentioned the related issues of novel coronavirus in a live broadcast. He said that in view of the current coexistence of automotive products and viruses, it is necessary to be prepared for a protracted war. Therefore, as early as a few months ago, Geely conducted preliminary research to see if it was possible to put the kit and nucleic acid test on the car. In this way, consumers can achieve self-testing when they get on the car.

At the same time, Li Shufu also said that we are also considering making a platform to expand the testing functions and expand the types of testing, so that we can not only detect novel coronavirus, but also detect other viruses. However, for this series of cases, it is currently in the research stage.

In this regard, it has also aroused the discussion of many netizens, and said that it is difficult to understand: how accurate is the detection of nucleic acid in vehicles? Is there such a demand in the market? Some netizens said they didn't feel very practical.

In fact, this kind of behavior is more like a lucky "hot spot" behavior in the eyes of some netizens. In recent years, as Geely has gradually become the largest independent brand in China, it has not only achieved the growth of the group through various "acquisitions", but also seems to have never let go in a variety of marketing in order to improve its popularity.

After all, the current way of nucleic acid detection is still relatively complex, and there is even a deviation in the success rate of detection, so it is difficult to simply get on the bus to detect whether the passengers are carrying the virus or not. In this regard, many netizens said that Geely Automobile, as the current "leading" car company in China, should focus more on the development of core technology, rather than these conceptual ideas.

The idea is more or less related to the decline of the car market for two consecutive years and the impact of the epidemic. After all, in such a depressed market environment, many car companies want to increase sales with more "gimmick" ideas.

According to Geely's sales data for the first half of the year, Geely Group's cumulative sales in the first half of 2020 were 530400, down 19% from the previous year, and only 37.6% of this year's sales target of 1.41 million. Geely also decided to cut its original annual sales target from 1.41 million to 1.32 million.

According to the performance report, the company's revenue in the first half of 2020 was 36.819 billion yuan, down 22.6 percent from 47.558 billion yuan in the same period last year, and its net profit in the first half was 2.3 billion yuan, down 43 percent from the same period last year.

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