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The ventilators promised by eccentric Tesla founder Elon Musk won’t be ready in time for the coronavirus’ apex in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. “The problem with ventilator construction is the supply chain,” said Cuomo in his now-daily Albany press briefing. “That’s General Motors, that’s Ford, that’s Elon Musk. “I don’t care how …

Elon Musk purchased 1,000 ventilators and donated them to California hospitals to help treat coronavirus patients, the state’s governor said Monday. “They’ve arrived in Los Angeles… It was a heroic effort,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said at a press conference. The Tesla boss mentioned the effort on Twitter Monday night, saying he bought the breathing machines …

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he would help with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio’s plea for ventilators to deal with the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, as New York governor Andrew Cuomo warned that the state could hit “a peak in about five or six weeks” with over 100,000 hospitalizations. Musk, who has …

Tesla is still building cars at its factory in Fremont, California, despite the Bay Area’s shelter-in-place order — a defiant stance that may result in a head-on collision with the law. The electric automaker headed by billionaire Elon Musk — which earlier this week told workers it would continue manufacturing operations despite local officials ordering …

Tesla founder Elon Musk has offered to make ventilators during the coronavirus crisis. “We will make ventilators if there is a shortage,” the 48-year-old tech pioneer tweeted late Wednesday. His ventilator tweet had more than 10,000 likes within hours, and quickly received a rush of excited praise — as well as ridicule for saying the …