LONDON -- Britain has requested producers together with Ford Motor, Jaguar Land Rover and Honda to assist make well being gear together with ventilators to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

Jaguar Land Rover confirmed it had been approached for assist with the manufacturing of ventilators as a part of ongoing discussions with authorities.

"As a British firm, naturally, we are going to do no matter we will to help our communities throughout these unprecedented instances," a spokesperson informed Automotive Information Europe.

Ford mentioned it was assessing the state of affairs. The U.S. automaker operates two engine factories in Britain, which made slightly below 1.1 million engines in 2019. One of many two websites, in Bridgend in Wales, is as a consequence of shut this 12 months.

Honda, which constructed slightly below 110,000 vehicles at its facility in Swindon in England final 12 months, mentioned it had been requested by the federal government to discover the feasibility of constructing ventilators.

PSA's Vauxhall unit has additionally been requested to assist.

It was not instantly clear how a...