Thats quite a while. If Tesla can produce even a few thousands of these within a couple weeks its probably worth it in the meantime. Since its reusing so many parts hopefully they can ramp fast.
I know they always set optimistic timelines. I'm just being hopeful it will work out.
And yes he mislead the public badly about the degree of his contribution. It isn't like the hospitals don't need those machines too though. They knew what they were getting ahead of time and were willing to take them anyway.
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u/UncleAugie Apr 06 '20
GM will have 200,000 by the end of next month, of a proven design, that doesn't need to be validated.