The nation’s two largest domestic automakers are exploring ways they could help offset the worsening shortages of ventilators and other medical supplies needed to cope with the worsening coronavirus pandemic.
Ford and General Motors say they are currently “exploring” ways to put their manufacturing expertise to work, much as they anchored America’s “Arsenal of Democracy” during World War II. Several sources TheDetroitBureau.com spoke to indicated that one approach could involve using 3D printing technology to create ventilators and other medical gear.
The subject came up during a call placed by GM CEO Mary Barra to the White House, explained spokeswoman Jeannine Ginivan. “She called to give (Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council) news that we were going to suspend production and also said we wanted to help” in other ways.
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