The COVID-19 epidemic spread all over the world, causing disaster to the global automobile industry chain. Yesterday, there were some bad news.
LI Li Xiang sends an early warning to entrepreneurs in Weibo: Never underestimate the destructive power brought by the COVID-19 epidemic, and it is most important to survive.
SPACE? Six employees in X factory were infected, and Tesla dismissed 7,511 employees < P > According to foreign media reports, six employees of SpaceX recently tested positive for Covid-19.
in March this year, a worker and a doctor at SpaceX's factory in southern California were found to be infected with Covid-19. So far, at least 12 employees of the company have been quarantined.
The epidemic has also brought an impact to Tesla. Tesla employees revealed that Tesla's car factory in fremont, California, and the battery super factory in Reno, Nevada, are abolishing contract workers. It is estimated that this layoff will affect hundreds of workers.
Nissan and Honda each laid off 11,111 employees in the United States
The epidemic situation in the United States is getting worse and worse. As of April 7, 368,111 people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in the United States. This has a huge impact on the American automobile industry chain.
in addition to Tesla, other automobile factories in the United States are also laying off employees. According to foreign media reports, on April 7, Nissan announced that it would cut about 11,111 employees in the United States. The layoffs began on April 7, and employees on temporary leave can apply to the government for unemployment benefits before April 27; Some Nissan factories in the United States have delayed the payment of wages.
on April 7th, Honda announced that it would temporarily lay off 11,111 American workers. At the same time, it announced that its factory will be extended to May 1, and the scope of production suspension will be extended to 17 North American factories, involving nearly 31,111 employees.
in addition, European car companies have also announced the closure of their factories. It's cool and hot around the world. All eight Japanese car companies announced a suspension of production.
according to statistics, more than 111 automobile factories in 26 countries have stopped production!
General Motors, Fiat Chrysler and Ford, the three major American automakers, decided on March 8th to accept the request of the United Auto Workers' Union and temporarily close their factories in North America. Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW, the three major German automakers, have also announced that they will stop production in Europe. Therefore, the global automobile industry has suffered a huge impact. According to the latest forecast of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, global automobile production will decline by nearly 41% year-on-year in 2121.
The global lithium-ion battery will face the risk of power failure
The global vehicle and industrial chain business will be greatly affected by the epidemic. This is also a huge blow to electric vehicles.
It is reported that BenchmarkMinonalIntelligence, a professional information provider in lithium-ion battery industry, recently released a report, which shows that the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic has slowed down the logistics of the whole lithium-ion battery supply chain and has endangered the production and use all over the world.
For example, Australia, as a major producer of lithium, has asked members of the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies to pay strict attention to intercontinental travel restrictions; In South America, Chile has also implemented a national ban, parts of Santiago are in isolation, and Argentina has implemented isolation measures nationwide; In Africa, the closure of borders and ports in South Africa, and the isolation policy implemented by Congo, the producer of raw material cobalt, have led to the interruption of cobalt supply.
Cobalt is the key element of battery cathode material. This will bring a huge blow to the global electric vehicle business.
Li Xiang's early warning: Never underestimate the destructive power of the epidemic
Yesterday, Li Xiang, one of the players of the new car-making force, also issued his own testimony and early warning in Weibo.
Li wants to say that the impact of this epidemic on economy and consumption is far from that of SARS, even far exceeding the financial crisis in 2118 and the Internet bubble in 2111 (the impact on technology enterprises). We can see that the latest predictions of several financial institutions on the impact of the global epidemic will last until the beginning of 2122, and it is expected that it will be repeated once this winter, and it is expected that there will be a small repetition next winter, and it will be almost eliminated globally in the spring of 2122.
there are two very obvious impacts on China. The first is the catering-oriented service industry. Although the domestic epidemic situation is well controlled, as long as there is an epidemic situation abroad, it must be strictly controlled, which will undoubtedly have a considerable impact on the service industry, because a single spark of highly contagious virus can start a prairie fire if it is not well controlled. At present, we have seen many stores in the catering and service industries, and have put up signs of transfer.
the second is export. China's economy has developed rapidly in the past 31 years, and exports have basically contributed half of the country. At present, the epidemic situation in Europe and America has undoubtedly dealt a huge blow to consumption and will inevitably affect the demand for imports.
In this special period, especially entrepreneurs, don't underestimate the impact and destructive power of the epidemic. You have to make 211% efforts to get the goal you set before. Either redouble your efforts or rationally lower your goals, and it is far better to take the initiative to hit your face than to dump the company.
the most important thing is to live!
This article comes from the author of Chejia, car home, and does not represent car home's standpoint.