Ferrari and Fiat look at helping Italy make ventilators in virus crisis

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Elvira Pollina and Giulio Piovaccari

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March 19, 2020 05:26 PM

MILAN -- Italian automakers Ferrari and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles are in talks with the nation's biggest ventilator manufacturer to help to boost production of the life-saving machines that are urgently needed in the coronavirus crisis, company officials said on Thursday.

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