As the number of critical COVID-19  cases increases by the day, various hospitals and medical facilities are rapidly falling short of ventilators. 

Ventilators, for those of you who don't know, are equipment used to help patients breathe.

Luckily, a lot of companies have stepped forward to help build ventilators. Tesla is one of the companies that has decided to repurpose its facility and resources to build ventilators for COVID-19 patients. 

Today, the company released a short video showing how its engineers have managed to build a ventilator prototype. 

It's a short 3-minute video in which the engineers are giving us a behind-the-scenes look at the prototype. 

It's worth pointing out that Tesla is using parts of its vehicles to build these ventilators. Obviously, not all of them, but a huge chunk of the prototype consists of parts used in Model 3.

In this case, the engineers are using the Model 3 infotainment system to control an airflow manifold. Similarly, the car's suspension air tank is being used as an oxygen chamber, and Model 3's touch screen is being used as a controller. clearly, there's a lot going on here and honestly, it's quite fascinating. 

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We hope many more companies will step forward to help fight the coronavirus. 

It's been a couple of months since the outbreak and a lot of countries, including India, are still under lockdown. We hope to get out of this situation stronger.

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