Ford is developing a battery powered respirator using tech from its F-150 pickup truck and reusable gowns made from airbag materials to help fight the coronavirus pandemic

• Ford is working with 3M to manufacture a portable, battery-powered respirator that uses technology found in Ford F-150 pickup trucks.
• Ford is also making face shields, face masks, and medical gowns to help combat the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
• And Ford is working on developing a COVID-19 test kit.
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On Monday, Ford announced further expansions into medical technology, to help in the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

In addition to face shields, masks, and ventilators — the last of which is a collaboration with GE Healthcare — Ford said that it would start production on a powered air-purifying respirator on Tuesday, April 14, working with 3M. The company is also helping Thermo Fisher Scientific develop a COVID-19 test kit. […]

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