Video: Inside The Jump By Ford And GM Into Making Lifesaving Ventilators

In mid-March as the coronavirus was spreading across America and states were sending all but essential workers home, Ford CEO Jim Hackett shuttered the company’s 30 North American auto plants. On the phone with White House staff to talk about the impact of the pandemic on the industry, Hackett blurted out: “Who knows, maybe we should be making ventilators?”

Five days later, Ford had a plan to do just that. Around the same time, General Motors also decided to mass-produce ventilators. In this video, we take you inside their rush to make ventilators to fill the supply shortages created by COVID-19.

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