The Mount Sinai Hospital of New York, NY, received ventilators from Tesla, as we all know, but worth noting is the hospital’s President and Chief Operating Officer took to both LinkedIn and Twitter to express his gratitude for receiving the ventilators bought by Tesla and given freely to the hospital.
Louisiana still needs ventilators, and even though the federal government is sending us 150 of them, it is still not enough. To be honest, I am outraged. I really want to go on a cursing spree and tell you all how I really feel, but I’ll keep it polite and professional. Anger isn’t going to help. While our president rants on Twitter about buying cars, people in Louisiana are dying.
Elon Musk says he has ventilators available and will give them away free to those who need them most desperately.
The Great GM/Ventec Ventilator fiasco shows why effective leadership is important at this critical time and why America is lacking in that department.
The most popular CleanTechnica stories last week involved ventilators, N95 masks, electric car tipping points, COVID-19 testing, and investing in toilet paper vs. Tesla stock. Yes, we are living in strange times.
Inspired by Elon Musk and others who are trying to help during the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Tesla owners in New York are raising funds to buy donuts and coffee to bring (safely, of course) to Tesla employees making ventilators. Tesla’s Gigafactory in New York is producing ventilators to help save lives and Elon Musk will be giving them away to hospitals in need.
Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo stated yesterday that New York expects to need 30,000 ventilators in 14 –21 days, and also 140,000 hospital beds. That is when the number crunchers of New York’s health care system expect to reach the apex of coronavirus infections.
James Dyson says his company will start producing ventilators in a matter of weeks. In the US, officials are studying a number of proposals and expect to make some sort of decision very, very soon.
Elon Musk announced on Wednesday that Tesla Gigafactory 2 in Buffalo would begin manufacturing medical ventilators as soon as humanly possible.
Elon Musk has purchased 1,200 ventilators from China and had them air lifted to Los Angeles. He says Tesla is gearing up to produce more at its factory in Fremont.
