In 2020, the automotive industry has entered an unprecedented dilemma.

Editor’s note: This article comes from the WeChat public account “Car Cloud” (ID: cheyunwang) author: Shen Wei reached.

Forcibly shut down production, forced layoffs, profit and loss warning. …
 

In 2020, the automotive industry has entered an unprecedented dilemma.

The automotive industry is almost closed
    

The already declining market and the impact of the epidemic once again, for the automotive industry, can be described as the most severe test in history.

The market encountered pressure from both ends of supply and marketing, and then encountered an external crisis in which capital closed. At this time, due to the imminent ramp-up of mass production, the pressure to consume inventory is also increasing with each passing day. These factors have naturally become contradictory and embarrassing internal worries for auto companies.

For Europe, where old cars are concentrated, almost all of the auto industry is shut down. Many factories such as Volkswagen, FCA, and Ferrari have cut production or shut down, and some companies have said they may lay off workers in the next step.

An expensive typical case
    

Reducing production and reducing production, and stopping and returning to work, car executives still have to keep working, but they also work from home.

Bugatti boss Stephan Winkelmann (Stephan Winkelmann) recently shared with the public his daily homework schedule. He works from his home in Strasbourg, France.

A busy day starts at 7am.

7:00 breakfast

While eating breakfast, browse the global news and learn about major economic and political events.

8:30 Reply to mail, meeting

   Open a conference call with the Bugatti executive team, first of all the health status of everyone, and then discuss the current status and solutions of the various business departments.

10:00 meeting

Then we will have a conference call with the R & D, sales, design and marketing departments. At the same time, we should also discuss with