Dyson is going to build an electric car!

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James Dyson tells us he read a paper in 1988. This paper said diesel-engine exhaust gases were responsible for the premature deaths of lab rats. Ever since, he"s been hard at work trying to solve the problem of air pollution, and today, we see his first concrete step.Ladies and gentlemen, Dyson the makers of vacuum cleaners and those quite cool fans intends to build a full electric car by the year 2020, following a 2bn investment."Some years ago, observing that automotive firms were not changing their spots," he reveals in an open letter to Dyson employees, "I committed the company to develop new battery technologies. I believed that electrically powered vehicles would solve the vehicle pollution problem."He cites the Dyson Supersonic hair dryer and cordless vacuum line as examples of innovation in digital motor technology. Though and we"re just speculating here powering a car is a little bit more difficult than a hair drier. We digress."We"ve starting building an exceptional team that combines top Dyson engineers with talented individuals from the automotive industry," Dyson says. Apparently, the team is "already over 400 strong", and if you"ve been sucked into this pitch Dyson is "recruiting aggressively".

Date written: 26 Sep 2017

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