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British inventor: Dyson gives up plans for electric car

2019-10-10T20:23:21.526Z


Great vehicle - but unfortunately a major shortcoming: The British home appliance specialist Dyson deletes his ambitious plans for an electric car.



Domestic appliance specialist Dyson abandons its ambitious plans to enter the electric car business. "Our automotive team has developed a fantastic electric car in recent years, but given the current automotive situation, we do not see any way to commercialize the product commercially," Dyson said. The car project is therefore set.

Dyson, best known for its bagless vacuum cleaners, announced in 2017 that it plans to develop an electric vehicle and invest around 2.5 billion pounds sterling (2.8 billion euros). The billionaire had even bought the terrain for his own test track. In the former British military area in Hullavington, southern England, there will be possibilities for handling and driving stability tests in future, as well as the possibility of testing off-road characteristics of cars. A sling plate and a high-speed oval are also planned.

As early as May, company founder James Dyson said that the planned market launch in 2021 was largely on schedule and had costs under control. The British company also decided to relocate its official headquarters to Singapore, where the vehicle was to be assembled. Construction of a new plant should begin in December 2018 and be completed in 2020. This announcement had been criticized in the UK, as James Dyson had always appeared as a Brexit advocate.

No buyer for the project in sight

Dyson said in an e-mail to employees that the job of the car planners was "due neither to product defects nor to the failure of the development team." Dyson also tried to find a buyer for the project - "which, unfortunately, has been unsuccessful so far". However, the company will benefit from the battery technology developed for the car.

Currently, all major manufacturers are plunging into the electric car business and want to launch their models in the coming years. At the same time, electric car pioneer Tesla is still struggling to be profitable. The US electric car manufacturer plans to deliver up to 400,000 vehicles this year - but analysts believe that this target is difficult to achieve in the first two quarters of this year due to significant production and delivery problems.

Source: spiegel

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