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Dyson Will Build Electric Cars in Singapore for a 2021 Launch

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the can-it-hoover? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

CNet:

British tech company Dyson announced on Tuesday its plans to build an electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Singapore, as part of its plans to expand into automotive.

The company is best known for making vacuum cleaners, hand dryers and hairdryers, but in 2017 it revealed it had starting working on an electric vehicle. In August of this year it announced the opening of an electric car test center at one of its existing sites in the UK. The factory where the cars will be built in Singapore is due to be completed in 2020, keeping the company on track for its scheduled 2021 automotive launch.

"Dyson's growing automotive team is making excellent progress from the state-of-the-art hangars at Hullavington Airfield in Wiltshire where we are investing £200m," said Dyson CEO Jim Rowan in a letter to employees. "Clearly we now need to move quickly towards manufacturing and assembly."

Will the cars suck, or blow past the competition?

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:35PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @06:35PM (#753183)

    I feel that news doesn't really exist anymore; it seems like most stories these days are not about what has happened, but rather what someone hopes will happen.

    Who cares!

    Let me know when Dyson is mass producing a good electric car that I can buy right now.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by archfeld on Wednesday October 24 2018, @07:10PM

    by archfeld (4650) <treboreel@live.com> on Wednesday October 24 2018, @07:10PM (#753204) Journal

    I'd even settle for notification when they were testing or building a 'bad' electric car, or even parts for other electric car manufacturers.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by ikanreed on Wednesday October 24 2018, @07:38PM (1 child)

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 24 2018, @07:38PM (#753223) Journal

    Maybe you just weren't aware of the press-release to "news story" pipeline 10, 20, or 30 years ago. There have been lazy reporters and marketers eager to exploit them for a long time.

    It's not new to pull this crap.

  • (Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:21PM

    by Rivenaleem (3400) on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:21PM (#753629)

    Yeah, until we actually start seeing their cars, this is all just a load of hot air.