Former Aston Martin chief engineer Ian Minards, who joined Dyson in September 2016 as vice president, has led the work. No official details have been supplied about how the car will be powered, but Dyson has said in the past that it's researching two different types of solid-state battery which will be smaller and more powerful than the lithium-ion batteries that are traditionally used in electric vehicles.
Patents and updates for the car were published in a memo to Dyson staff in which billionaire founder, James Dyson, called on employees to keep the plans a secret. Dyson said that the car would contain "fundamentally new technologies and make some inventive leaps".
Development work on the Dyson electric car is being carried out at the firm's new automotive research facility at Hullavington Airfield, near Swindon. All manufacturing and production for the finished car, however, will take place at Dyson's new global HQ in Singapore.
Senexdriver on 13 May 2019
Let’s hope that the new type of battery will be the breakthrough that electric cars need. Once the battery issue was resolved with mobile phones they progressed in leaps and bounds and look where they are now. (Yeah, I know - flippin’ everywhere)on 13 May 2019
Sounds like a good car but if it doesn’t work well people will just say that it sucks.... and being produced in Singapore is a great place for a crossover!Petegeoff on 13 May 2019
How long did it take to think those up?
Anthony Rice on 13 May 2019
That Dyson has turned his back on this country as far as production is concerned, as far as I am concerned he can keep his car . I would not buy it on principle.mmmmm on 14 May 2019
Have you taken the minor trouble to find out why he has done this?.
Petegeoff on 13 May 2019
If his cars are as overpriced as his other products only the well off would be able to afford them.Hugh Brazier on 14 May 2019
Pricing will be the key factor. Tesla (and Dyson) would perhaps do better in UK with reduced pricings .Particularly if they take future heed of vehicle expert strip-downs where they have found fundamental build flaws i.e rear structures with excess welding /contractional parts. Elevating overall build costs etcMotor and battery design/efficiencies are also changing at a tremendous rate and we consumers are waiting to join in the EV revolution ..Once cost and battery efficiencies make EV's more attractive alternatives to hybrids and internal combustion.
Many will of course wait to buy used 2nd hand + EV's unless as I suspect UK Government forces this change upon us more rapidly in its usual draconian styles using false/over exaggerated eco matters as the …..driver !
mmmmm on 14 May 2019
Do you expect Dyson to fund the project, adhere to the very many rules and regs, set up manufacturing facilities, employ the workforce, do the R&D etc and take nothing in return?
Edited by Avant on 17/05/2019 at 19:06
Marcus T. on 14 May 2019
The majority of people I know and work with have never had a new or nearly new car in their life. They will often only spend less than £5k on their family transport. EV's will have to get massively cheaper for them to become commonplace outside of major cities, especially out here in the sticks.
Robin Chatterjee on 16 May 2019
These electric cars people are getting so hyped up about seem somewhat of a hollow promise. It is simple really. All vehicles must have a solar panel on the roof and they should be made water proof so that washing the car is a doddle. Then the solar panel would provide all the energy power the car will ever need so no petrol is necessary. The solar panel .will charge the battery all the time and the battery will power the car and all the necessary electric equipments and indeed the transmission will be powered by the constantly charged battery which may even be of 36 volts instead of 12 volts as the current cars tend to have now. I cannot see any problem for the big manfacturers to produce electric cars with a built in solar panel on the roof underneath a very strong shatterproof glass may be which will remove any global warming problems..magicthighs303 on 16 May 2019
Maybe you cannot see any problems with your statement because you didn't learn much maths or science at school.
The roof of the car would have to be the size of 8 football pitches to harvest enough solar energy to drive even 20 miles per day.
S91S91 on 18 May 2019
Should be made in swindon..... car factory avalable for rent....Add a comment