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

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:06PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:06PM (#753317)

    Don't know the answer yet, but they are likely to be appliances.

    Maybe they will be like the Renault Appliance[sic] we used to get here in the US, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Alliance [wikipedia.org] ?

  • (Score: 2) by Nuke on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:06PM

    by Nuke (3162) on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:06PM (#753365)

    No. Cars made to the Dyson style will look like made from giant Lego bricks, and will have decorative techno-baubles sticking out all over them. Oh, and a transparent boot/trunk so people can see the crap inside.