"Under the epidemic situation in April, it was in the state of semi shutdown. Comrades did their best!" On May 1, Zhang Yong, CEO of Nezha automobile, released this paragraph on his personal social platform, which expressed the common aspiration of the new forces of car making in April.
On that day, a number of new car making forces successively announced the delivery in April. The delivery volume of Zero run automobile, Xiaopeng automobile, Nezha automobile, Weilai automobile and ideal automobile decreased significantly month on month, and none of them exceeded 10000.
Among them, the ideal automobile Changzhou base is located in the Yangtze River Delta. Since the end of March, the supply chain, logistics and production have been seriously disturbed due to the rebound of the epidemic. Affected by this, ideal car experienced a month on month decrease in delivery in April, with only 4167 vehicles delivered, a month on month decrease of 62.2%, and ranked last in the delivery list of new forces of car making this month.
"More than 80% of the ideal auto parts suppliers are located in the Yangtze River Delta, and a large part of them are located in Shanghai and Kunshan, Jiangsu. Some suppliers are unable to supply, and some suppliers even completely shut down or shut down, resulting in the inability to continue to maintain production after digesting the existing parts inventory." Shen Yanan, co-founder and President of ideal automobile, explained that this had a great impact on the production of ideal automobile in April, resulting in the delay of new car delivery of some users.
Similarly, from April 9, Weilai automobile, which suffered the shutdown of the whole vehicle for about a week, delivered only 5074 new vehicles in April. In fact, Weilai automobile, which was unexpectedly delivered at the bottom in March, was affected by the epidemic last month. Li Bin, chairman of Weilai automobile, said on his official app on April 9, "in mid March, some of our parts were cut off from supply and reluctantly supported by some parts inventory until last week. Recently, there was an epidemic in Shanghai and Jiangsu. Many partners could not supply goods and had to suspend production."
In April, Zero run automobile completed the delivery of 9087 vehicles and ranked first in the delivery list of new forces of car making for the first time. Zero run car got rid of the long-term bottom position from March, and delivered more than 10000 yuan for the first time in that month. On April 25, Zero run automobile released China's first mass-produced CTC battery chassis integration technology, and Zero run C01, which will be launched with its CTC technology, will become the world's first electric vehicle without independent battery pack.
Followed by Xiaopeng automobile, which completed the delivery of 9002 vehicles, but also showed a 41.6% month on month decrease. "Affected by the recent epidemic, the automotive industry is facing unprecedented difficulties. We can still contrarian the trend to deliver more than 9000 units a month, which is a concentrated embodiment of the pressure resistance and stable output of the system." Xiaopeng automobile said.
Nezha delivered 8813 vehicles in April, and its two main products, Nezha u and Nezha V, simultaneously ushered in the launch of 2022 models in April. It is worth mentioning that Nezha automobile also released the interior of Nezha s, the first model of its "Shanhai platform" in that month. This car is regarded by Nezha automobile as "the key work to open the brand to a new" and will be listed within this year.
With the further control of the epidemic situation, the new forces of car manufacturing enterprises are generally optimistic and cautious about the performance in May. "As the severity of the epidemic has eased, the automobile industry has resumed work and production in mid April, and the production capacity has gradually climbed." "With the help of relevant ministries and competent departments, Xiaopeng automobile has also actively cooperated with the upstream and downstream to overcome industrial difficulties and make every effort to ensure production and smooth delivery," Xiaopeng automobile's official statement said
"At present, ideal automobile is working with supply chain enterprises to actively restore production capacity and shorten the waiting cycle for car collection of ideal one users under the condition of meeting the requirements of epidemic prevention and control." Shen Yanan said.
This round of epidemic has also sounded the alarm again for many car enterprises. "All auto brands should not only solve the problem of parts supply in front of them, but also do a special management job: analyze in advance the survival problems of small and medium-sized parts suppliers including level 3, level 4 and level 5 that you never needed to manage in this epidemic." Li Xiang, chairman of ideal automobile, mentioned on personal social media, "in short, if we analyze and investigate in advance and cooperate with primary and secondary suppliers, we will act decisively with the support of this assistance."
