Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Twitter on Wednesday his intention to reopen the company's Buffalo, New York plant "as soon as possible" to produce ventilators due to shortages due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. .
Last week, Tesla said it would suspend production of electric vehicles at its Fremont, California, plant due to the coronavirus pandemic and temporarily close its solar panel plant in Buffalo, except for the production of "those parts and materials necessary for maintenance, infrastructure and critical supply chains.β
According to The New York Times, there are about 160 thousand ventilators in US hospitals and another 12,7 thousand are in the National Strategic Supply.
Source: 3dnews.ru