Auto Industry Leaders Offering Help to Those in Need

With all the negative news going around we wanted to do a round-up of some big-name companies doing great things during these hard times.

Harbor Freight Tools has announced that it will be donating its entire inventory of N95 masks, face shields and 5 and 7 mil nitrile gloves to hospitals with 24-hour emergency rooms due to an ongoing shortage of the equipment.

GM said on Monday that work at its Indiana plant, which makes small electronic components for cars, is part of the effort to expand ventilator production. Sources said the GM-Ventec project is known internally as "Project V."

Ford announced Tuesday that it's working with 3M and GE Healthcare to produce medical equipment and protective gear for healthcare workers to help address shortages in the fight against the coronavirus.

Lubrication Specialties Inc., maker of Hot Shot’s Secret performance oils and additives, will produce up to 4,500 four-ounce bottles of hand-sanitizer over the next couple of weeks and will continue operations as long as supplies are available. They will be giving it away for free to local hospital and healthcare workers, nursing facilities, over-the-road truckers and will be placing a bottle in every shipment of Hot Shot’s Secret product sent out the door.