New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made a direct plea to Elon Musk, asking the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX to produce ventilators to help alleviate a shortage at hospitals gearing up to combat COVID-19. The mayor's tweet came out of a discussion on Twitter that began Wednesday evening between Musk
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made a direct plea to Elon Musk, asking the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX to produce ventilators to help alleviate a shortage at hospitals gearing up to combat COVID-19.The mayor's tweet came out of a discussion on Twitter that began Wednesday evening between Musk and Nate Silver, the author and editor-in-chief of @FiveThirtyEight.
Story continuesThe mayor's office has reached out to the person who runs Musk's family office, his communications director and his lobbyist, press secretary Freddi Goldstein told TechCrunch in an email."Given his response on Twitter, we’re hopeful he will be able to help," Goldstein added.Our country is facing a drastic shortage and we need ventilators ASAP — we will need thousands in this city over the next few weeks.
Tesla’s factory and a number of its other facilities are located in and around Fremont, which is within Alameda County. On March 17, the Alameda County Sheriff declared that Tesla's factory is"not an essential business" and the company should follow the shelter in place directive. CNBC reported that the Fremont city officials plan to meet with Tesla factory managers on Thursday to discuss cooperation with the county’s order. As of Thursday morning, the Fremont factory was still open.
Critical shortagesAutomakers, including GM and Ford, have reportedly already been in talks with the White House to repurpose factories for the production of critical medical equipment.
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