Ed Garsten, Contributor

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GM Adds Face Shields And Gowns To COVID-19 Personal Protection Equipment Production Push

The carmaker has begun making face shields, protective gowns and aerosol boxes to fill an urgent need for those supplies.

GM Begins Ventilator Production At Indiana Parts Plant

Less than a month after its first talks with ventilator company Ventec Life Systems about making the much-needed devices, GM has begun production at its Kokomo, Indiana, plant.

Grappling With The Auto Industry’s New World During COVID-19

“The rallying together we’ve seen not only from our industry, from a number of industries, a number of foundations, a number of persons in our community has really been amazing.”

General Motors Helping Ventilator Maker Boost Production During Coronavirus Crisis

General Motors, ventilator company Ventec Life Systems and StopTheSpread.org announced GM would work with the company to help boost production of the devices needed to treat COVID-19 patients

GM’s Mary Barra Offers To Build Ventilators For Coronavirus Patients At Idled Auto Plants

GM chairman and CEO Mary Barra has offered to build hospital ventilators to treat coronavirus patients in the company’s idled U.S. auto plants.

Coronavirus Taking Its Toll On The Auto Industry–And It May Get Worse

The ongoing outbreak in China is playing havoc with automotive production and the worst may be yet to come.