{"id":13253,"date":"2018-08-30T12:31:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T12:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=13253"},"modified":"2018-08-30T12:31:36","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T12:31:36","slug":"dysons-electric-car-plans-are-taking-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=13253","title":{"rendered":"Dyson’s electric car plans are taking shape"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

\"Is\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Dyson has revealed more details about its secretive electric car program.<\/h2>\n

The maker of vacuums and hand dryers unveiled plans Thursday to invest another \u00a3116 million ($151 million) to build 10 miles of test tracks and offices for 2,000 workers at a former Royal Air Force base in England. <\/p>\n

The company said in a statement that it is seeking permission to build tracks for testing a vehicle’s maximum speed and maneuverability, as well as its performance on hills and off-road terrain. <\/p>\n

“We are now firmly focused on the next stage of our automotive project strengthening our credentials as a global research and development organization,” said Dyson CEO Jim Rowan. <\/p>\n

Founder James Dyson announced last year that the British company was joining the global race to electric vehicles<\/a> that pits the biggest established names in autos against Silicon Valley titans and specialists such as Tesla<\/span> (TSLA<\/a><\/span>)<\/span>. <\/p>\n

The inventor and entrepreneur said then that he planned to invest \u00a32 billion ($2.6 billion) to produce an electric vehicle by 2021. Some 400 employees are now at work on the project at the airfield, which Dyson purchased in 2016, and the company is currently recruiting another 300. <\/p>\n

Dyson has already spent \u00a384 million ($109 million) to overhaul the base and restore two hangers. The company said that work on three more buildings would be completed in the coming months. <\/p>\n

\"dyson
An artist’s impression of what the test track may look like.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The company has so far released very few details about the electric vehicle it hopes to develop. Nor has it said where the vehicle would be built. <\/p>\n

If the firm’s other products are any guide, it’s likely to be innovative and carry a premium price tag \u2014 Dyson vacuums sell for up to \u00a3500 in the United Kingdom, and $700 in the United States, and he once brought a $400 hairdryer to market<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“What we’re doing is quite radical,” Dyson recently told GQ<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"dyson
A restored hanger at the Dyson facility.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The vacuum maker will be joining a crowded market. <\/p>\n

Volkswagen<\/span> (VLKAF<\/a><\/span>)<\/span>, for example, announced plans last year to spend more than \u20ac50 billion ($60 billion) on battery cells<\/a> as it pushes to electrify all 300 models in its range by 2030. <\/p>\n

CNNMoney (London) <\/span> First published August 30, 2018: 8:00 AM ET<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dyson has revealed more details about its secretive electric car program. The maker of vacuums and hand dryers unveiled plans Thursday to invest another \u00a3116 million ($151 million) to build 10 miles of test tracks and offices for 2,000 workers at a former Royal Air Force base in England. The company said in a statement…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":13254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}