Tesla engineers show ventilator prototype on YouTube
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Engineers at Tesla Inc (TSLA. O) showed a prototype for a ventilator on Sunday evening in a video published on the company’s YouTube channel, as hospitals around the country overwhelmed by coronavirus patients face device shortages.
The design for the ventilators relies heavily on Tesla car parts, one of the engineers said, enabling the company to redeploy existing stock and produce the devices quickly.
The video comes two weeks after Chief Executive Elon Musk said Tesla planned to reopen its New York factory to produce ventilators.
The timeline for production was not specified in the video.
“There’s still a lot of work to do,” said one of the engineers, “but we’re giving it our best effort.”
Governments globally have appealed to automakers and aerospace companies to help procure or make ventilators and other medical equipment amid the increasing number of coronavirus infections.
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