The manufacturer of Dyson vacuum cleaners to produce electric cars

28 September 2017

The first model will be released in 2020

Dyson is world famous for its vacuum cleaners, though today its range includes Hairdryers, fans, hand dryers, lamps and other household equipment. Now its founder, James Dyson (James Dyson) decided to take up electric vehicles. The first model should appear in 2020.

Many this news may come as a shock or at least surprise, but experts are one year foretold the imminent release of Dyson on the market of electric vehicles. But how can a manufacturer of household appliances suddenly start producing vehicles?

In fact, from cars and vacuum cleaners have much more in common than it might seem at first glance. First, Dyson long been producing electric motors, which are the "heart" of environmentally friendly transport. Secondly, the British company has a rich experience in the development of batteries, without which not to manage in any of these areas (if we're talking about wireless vacuum cleaners, which Dyson specializiruetsya). By and large, the engineers remains only slightly zoom in.

According to sources, Dyson is working on creating electric cars in 2015. At this point in the project involved around 400 engineers. In the first stage, Mr Dyson plans to invest about $ 2.6 billion. It is noteworthy that the first electric car Dyson will not use the achievements of other companies: it will get its own platform, and its battery will be developed by experts Dyson.

The debut model is expected to be in 2020. Meantime, all interested in one question: how much it will be similar to a vacuum cleaner...