Tesla is making ventilators using Tesla car parts with some medical components, according to a YouTube video the company released. The company said it is developing ventilators using car parts without taking away from the medical device industry’s supply. “We have been working on developing our own ventilator design, specifically one that is heavily based […]
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Elon Musk criticized for donating sleep apnea ventilators
Tesla co-founder & CEO Elon Musk is receiving criticism after the more than 1,000 ventilators he donated for COVID-19 relief were reportedly not the specific kind for use in intensive care units. According to a report in the Financial Times, among the 1,255 donated FDA-approved ventilators from ResMed (NYSE:RMD), Philips (NYSE:PHG) and Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) that were part […]
Tesla to reopen New York facility to manufacture Medtronic ventilators
Tesla announced that it would reopen its New York production facility to manufacture medical devices instead of solar panels to assist Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) in producing ventilators, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak said in a CNBC interview that the Fridley, Minn.-based company would ramp up ventilator production and is currently making […]