At present, a number of car companies have officially announced the postponement of construction. Among them, Honda officially announced on October 30, 65438 that it would suspend the operation and production activities of its factories in China, Hubei and Guangdong provinces until February 9, that is, suspend the production of Dongfeng Honda and Guangqi Honda. Toyota Motor 65438+1October 29th revealed that it would suspend the production and operation of four factories in China, Tianjin, Chengdu, Changchun and Nansha, until February 9th. He also said that the company will pay close attention to the epidemic, and the specific start date has not yet been determined.
Honda and Toyota, as two heavyweight brands of Japanese cars in China at present, have accumulated sales of 65,438+0,554,000 vehicles and 65,438+0,620,000 vehicles respectively in 2065,438+09. The sales of the two brands rose against the trend in 20 19, which shows that the recognition of the two brands by domestic consumers is still relatively high. The suspension of production now will inevitably affect its overall sales performance today.
In addition, Ford Motor Company 65438+1October 29th said that the factory of Changan Ford, its joint venture in China, is expected to postpone the resumption of production until February 10. Changan Ford currently has seven factories in Chongqing, Hangzhou and Harbin. At the same time, 65438+1October 29th, a spokesman for Renault said that the joint venture factory in Wuhan between the company and its partner in China, Dongfeng Motor Group, is expected to resume production in early February. In addition, Great Wall Motor recently announced that it will resume normal production on February 9.
As the "hardest hit area" of the epidemic, Wuhan has concentrated a number of automobile factories. It is reported that the car companies currently settled in Wuhan include six major passenger car brands, including Shenlong Company (Dongfeng Citroen, Dongfeng Peugeot), Dongfeng Passenger Car (Dongfeng Shen Feng, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle), Dongfeng Honda Vehicle Factory, SAIC-GM Wuhan Factory, Dongfeng Renault, and British luxury car brand Lotus under Geely Holding Group.
Due to the current special situation in Wuhan, the local government has indicated on June 29, 65438 that all kinds of enterprises in the province will resume work no earlier than February 24 13. So, not surprisingly, the time for many car companies in Hubei Province, including Wuhan, to resume production is the same as that announced by the government.
In addition to the automobile factory, the automobile parts factory and the upstream and downstream of the entire automobile industry were forced to stop operating due to the epidemic. Among them, China Automobile, Yongda Automobile Group, Hengxin Automobile Group, Baideli Group and other domestic largest automobile dealer groups have announced the suspension of their stores.
At the same time, Bosch, the world's largest supplier of auto parts, warned that the novel coronavirus epidemic may affect its global supply chain and is in danger of being broken. It is reported that Bosch has 800 employees in two factories producing steering system and thermal technology in Wu Hanyou, Hubei.
At present, due to the outbreak of new coronary pneumonia, it has caused a huge impact on the production and related industrial chain of current automobile enterprises. This is bound to further affect the automobile sales in June 5438+0 and February, and it is highly probable that the epidemic will have a further impact at present, which also casts a shadow over the overall performance of the automobile market in 2020.
(This article was originally written by Wu Wen Lane New Media Studio, please indicate the source: Wu Wen Lane, Author: Natsume)
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