DETROIT Basic Motors and Ford Motor Co. are exploring the opportunity of placing their manufacturing muscle towards medical tools to assist deal with the novel coronavirus.

CEO Mary Barra spoke with officers from the Trump administration on Wednesday in regards to the firm's plans to halt North American manufacturing till March 30.

"GM is working to assist discover options for the nation throughout this troublesome time and has supplied to assist, and we're already finding out how we are able to probably help manufacturing of medical tools like ventilators," spokeswoman Jeannine Ginivan instructed Automotive Information.

Ginivan stated the opportunity of medical tools manufacturing remains to be solely being analyzed at this level and there are not any particulars but on how the method would work.

In an interview Wednesday on Fox Information, Larry Kudlow, director of the Nationwide Financial Council, stated he had spoken with executives from two of the Detroit 3, with out saying which corporations.

"One in every of them instructed me that, even whereas the...