Ferrari F1 engineers develop ventilator New Corona May 16 8:05
Italian sports car maker "Ferrari" announced that F1 engineers, the pinnacle of automobile racing, have jointly developed a ventilator in collaboration with a national research institute to treat critically ill patients infected with the new coronavirus. did. Design data will be released free of charge, and production will begin in the future.
Ferrari of Italy is developing a new prototype from March in collaboration with the national research institute because there is a shortage of respirators used by critically ill patients in Japan due to the spread of new coronavirus. Announced that it was completed.
For development, engineers from the F1 team are added to take charge of design, etc., it takes only 5 weeks to complete the prototype, and the production cost is lower than the existing one.
The design data of the prototype is released free of charge, and it means that Italian and American companies are considering production.
Ferrari stopped the production line for sports cars from March to the beginning of this month, and instead produced valves for ventilators and accessories for protective masks.