as of now the automakers expect the shutdown to last until march 30 to protect workers at production plants across the continent san francisco in a bid to help battle the novel coronavirus pandemic general motors has announced it will use its resources to help produce muchneeded ventilators for treating covid19 patientsin a joint statement gm and ventec life systems cooperating with stopthespreadorg which is the private sector response to covid19 said they are collaborating to boost production of ventec ventilators reports forbesgm has taken a cue from fiat chrysler and ford to shut down all north american auto production amid the spread of covid19 the disease the novel coronavirus causes advt as of now these automakers expect the shutdown to last until march 30 to protect workers at production plants across the continent read alsocovid19 impact general motors studying if automaker could support production of medical equipmentgeneral motors gets tax break for new plant next to factory it closed bothell washbased ventec will leverage gms logistics purchasing and manufacturing expertise to build additional ventilators by tapping their expertise gm is enabling us to get more ventilators to more hospitals much faster this partnership will help save lives said chris kiple ventec ceo in the statement according to the forbes reporttesla ceo elon musk has also said he will help make ventilators to help the us health system fight the pandemic ians published on mar 21 2020 at 0347 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app general motors ventilators coronavirus on auto coronavirus impact covid19 international homenewsgeneral motors to make ventilators amid covid19 crisis