ŠKODA AUTO has been providing comprehensive and unbureaucratic support in combating the spread of the coronavirus for multiple weeks. Now it’s time to take stock: How has the support been received so far? And how far have the vehicles featuring the #SKODAAUTOpomaha slogan and BeRider e-scooters travelled in the process? What stage in the process is the donation of the 100 ŠKODA OCTAVIAs at? How many respirators have already been produced by ŠKODA’s 3D printers? The answers are revealed below.
ŠKODA AUTO has been helping to combat the spread of the coronavirus for several weeks now. The car manufacturer is, for example, donating 100 ŠKODA OCTAVIAs worth a total of 85 million Czech korunas to aid agencies in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, the brand has been keeping more than 200 HoppyGo vehicles as well as 150 BeRider electric scooters available for charities, municipalities and volunteers. But that’s not all, the company has also been supporting the development and implementation of a 3D printing process for the production of FFP3 respirators, which offer the highest level of protection, and ŠKODA Logistics has been helping distribute face shields to general practitioners and hospitals.
Selection process to award 100 ŠKODA OCTAVIAs underway
Since 17 April, social and medical aid agencies have been able to apply for one of 100 ŠKODA OCTAVIA COMBIs with a total worth of around 85 million Czech korunas. Now, the applications will be assessed prior to handing the car keys over to the successful applicants.
Very positive feedback for vehicles made available by HoppyGo and BeRider
Since the Czech Government declared a national emergency on 12 March, a fleet of more than 200 ŠKODA vehicles has covered a total of 227,000 km across the Czech Republic. The cars have been used to help 50,900 people and have delivered more than 20,000 meals as well as essential shopping. Furthermore, they have distributed 240,000 respirators and face masks as well as disinfectants and other urgently required items. Some of the vehicles have been used by members of the urban coronavirus emergency task force.
The fleet has been supplied by ŠKODA AUTO, the Uniqway car-sharing platform as well as several ŠKODA dealerships and has then been made available by HoppyGo – a peer-to-peer car-sharing service for private individuals, developed by ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab.
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SOURCE: ŠKODA
