Tesla has unveiled a prototype of an artificial respirator. It has the particularity of using a lot of parts from its electric cars.

Increased communication strange to Elon Musk, who first minimized the scale of the pandemic of sars coronavirus, Tesla active now to help health organizations as much as it can. Certainly, the 1, 000 respirators, artificial recently sent to the hospitals are not at all adapted to the most severe cases. But, in parallel, the us company is working on a device that is far more evolved and capable of responding to the emergency facilities. He presented a prototype in a video released on 5 April.

“ There is still work to do, but we do our best to ensure that it can help people “, warned an engineer, which does not provide any launch date. It should be understood that, for the time being, Tesla seeks different solutions to help the spirit of solidarity. And he seems to want to develop an artificial respirator from several parts of cars as it is his specialty.

The short presentation shows that Tesla has opted for the optimization in the design of its prototype. To save time, the engineers mobilized use a maximum of components of the cars — as they are proficient in terms of technology, reliability and production. This will touch fewer lines present in the plants and to ensure a volume of assembly result. The auto parts are related to other medical elements (filters, humidifier).

It will be noted, for example, that the ventilator uses the touch screen of the Model 3, still associated with the hardware that powers typically the operating system and the infotainment. There is also the use of parts that are related to features involving the regulation of the air system (connected to the suspensions) and the temperature (air conditioning).

It is positive to see Tesla put its logistics platform in favor of a cause that affects the whole world. It is not the only company to do so and it will be recalled, for example, that Dyson has also relied on its expertise in technologies related to the properties of the air to design his own artificial respirator. Other actors provide their factories unoccupied for allowing specialty groups to produce more.