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?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by turgid on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:46PM (2 children)
Dyson is a great Brexit proponent, a real British patriot.
When Nissan leaves Sunderland and Toyota leaves Swindon, and when banana republic inflation devalues Sterling, that patriotic genius Dyson will be able to relocate manufacturing to England.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 4, Funny) by Nuke on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:00PM
Good. I'd rather make cars than have a job showing bloody tourists around.
(Score: 4, Touché) by isostatic on Thursday October 25 2018, @06:38AM
No he won’t. Singapore and the EU have a good trade agreement which means it’s easier and cheaper for the EU to import cars from singapore than from the uk.