Dyson to launch an electric vehicle by 2020
Dyson is expanding into the automotive sector with a battery electric vehicle that will be launched by 2020.
In an email to company employees, founder James Dyson said the move to an electric vehicle has been prompted by a desire ‘to find a solution to the global problem of air pollution’ and that the technologies underpinning the company’s products could now be employed in an EV.
‘At this moment, we finally have the opportunity to bring all our technologies together into a single product,’ he said in his missive.
To this end, over 400 Dyson engineers and ‘talented individuals from the automotive industry’ are taking part in the £2bn project, which is 'recruiting aggressively' for new team members.
‘The project will grow quickly from here but at this stage we will not release any information,’ said Dyson. ‘Competition for new technology in the automotive industry is fierce and we must do everything we can to keep the specifics of our vehicle confidential.’
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