# 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

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- Published: 2020-04-14T09:30:27-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: The battery-powered respirator Ford is working on. Ford. Article by Matthew DeBord. 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. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. 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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.businessinsider.com Curated by Theresa Wysocki Director of Art & Design See Full Bio