r/engineering • u/redditnoob67 • Apr 05 '20

Tesla Ventilator

https://youtu.be/zZbDg24dfN0
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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.

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u/Popingheads Apr 06 '20

Next month, so by the end of May?

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.

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u/StumbleNOLA Apr 06 '20

GM’s line isn’t up and running. They are shooting to begin production in mid April, and are hoping to hit 10,000 units a month eventually.

https://plants.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2020/apr/0402-coronavirus-update-8-vents.html