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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts) Tue Apr 7, 2020, 01:41 PM Apr 2020

Tesla shows off prototype ventilators made from car parts

[link:https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/coronavirus-tesla-ventilator-171158106.html|

The machines, shown off by Tesla engineers in a video, include repurposed parts from Tesla Model 3.

The entrepreneur previously said on Twitter that his company “will make ventilators if there is a shortage”.

He has said that he has repurposed a Tesla factory to produce the much-needed breathing aids.

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Tesla shows off prototype ventilators made from car parts (Original Post) SheltieLover Apr 2020 OP

Its hard to determine what he's done with this, he's about half whackadoo. marble falls Apr 2020 #1

marble falls

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1. Its hard to determine what he's done with this, he's about half whackadoo.

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2020, 01:45 PM

Apr 2020

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