Tesla offers ventilators free of cost to hospitals, Musk says

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk Elon Reeve MuskTesla offers ventilators free of cost to hospitals, Musk says Space enterprises, both NASA and commercial, fall prey to the coronavirus pandemic Dyson designs new ventilator, will produce 15,000 to fight coronavirus MORE said Tuesday the company would deliver FDA-approved ventilators to hospitals within the company’s delivery area.

“We have extra FDA-approved ventilators. Will ship to hospitals worldwide within Tesla delivery regions. Device & shipping cost are free. Only requirement is that the vents are needed immediately for patients, not stored in a warehouse," Musk tweeted, requesting that inquiries be directed to himself and Tesla.

We have extra FDA-approved ventilators. Will ship to hospitals worldwide within Tesla delivery regions. Device & shipping cost are free. Only requirement is that the vents are needed immediately for patients, not stored in a warehouse. Please me or @Tesla know. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 31, 2020

The Tesla chief executive said last week that the electric car manufacturer had bought more than 1,200 surplus ventilators from China and shipped them to the U.S. by air.

Numerous U.S. companies have volunteered their resources to fight the virus, including several companies that have volunteered to manufacture personal protective equipment and ventilators, the latter a critical supply for hospitals hit hard by the pandemic. President Trump Donald John TrumpIllinois governor says state has gotten 10 percent of medical equipments it's requested Biden leads Trump by 6 points in national poll Tesla offers ventilators free of cost to hospitals, Musk says MORE has also pushed General Motors to manufacture ventilators.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom Gavin Christopher NewsomBiden leads Trump by 6 points in national poll Tesla offers ventilators free of cost to hospitals, Musk says California governor reports total of 6,932 coronavirus cases but expects numbers to rise MORE (D) said last week that Musk had given 1,000 ventilators from the state, an early epicenter of the pandemic in the U.S.

The Hill has reached out to Tesla for more details on ventilators it planned to ship.

greendogs19 on April 1st, 2020 at 15:40 UTC »

Why does everyone cling to Musk and ignore the fact that Ford and GM are already set to begin production, especially with much greater output that Tesla could muster

randomfoo2 on April 1st, 2020 at 15:35 UTC »

Uh, yeah, these are straight up commercial CPAP machines. https://twitter.com/NYCHealthSystem/status/1245008300518801408 - usable in an emergency perhaps, but not ideal, especially as it will aerosolize the virus, even if filters are used - so hope everyones N95 is properly fitted in the room. Better than nothing, but pretty disingenous to call them ventilators IMO (and hospitals are still probably better off doing bivalved ventilation with proper ventilators).

Stolichnayaaa on April 1st, 2020 at 06:10 UTC »

Is anyone else getting a weird skeptical tone in his tweets about this?