(Wen/Zhang Yuyi) "I have meltblown cloth, who has a respirator?" In the early days of the epidemic raging in China, BYD, SAIC-GM-Wuling and other car companies joint suppliers to switch to the production of masks for the fight against the epidemic to make a contribution. Recently, the same "drama" staged overseas.
As of 6 p.m. March 23, there were 43,214 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the U.S., and medical supplies and equipment such as masks and ventilators will be in short supply.
President Donald Trump tweeted on March 22 that Ford, General Motors, and Tesla have received approval to produce ventilators as a means of helping to alleviate the shortage of medical equipment caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.
It is understood that as early as March 19, Tesla CEO Elon?Musk tweeted that he had held discussions with Medtronic about ventilator production, which was later confirmed by Medtronic via Twitter.On March 23, Musk Musk tweeted an update on the progress of ventilator development, announcing that it would be within a week of complete distribution of 1,200 ventilators.
In addition, on March 20, General Motors said they were working with Ventec?Life?Systems to help with capacity increases for respiratory care equipment such as ventilators. On the same day, Ford said in an e-mail that the company stands ready to assist the government with the possibility of producing equipment, including ventilators and other devices, and that the company has had preliminary discussions with the U.S. government about the feasibility of the program.
In addition to U.S. car companies, a number of European car companies have also joined the ranks of converting to the production of respirators and other medical equipment. On March 19, local time, Italian automaker FCA revealed that it is in talks with Siare?Engineering, the country's largest manufacturer of ventilators, to help increase production of the ventilators that are desperately needed in the new coronavirus pneumonia outbreak. In response, Siare responded that it is in talks with FCA, Ferrari and parts maker Marelli to produce parts that can be used to assemble ventilators.
What's noteworthy is that the car companies that have switched to producing respirators are in a similar situation to China, all of which are "voluntary production," which Trump even tweeted, "Hurry up and automate, let's see how good you are!"
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