Dyson abandons the electric vehicle project
It was revealed that
Dyson abandons electric car project-The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/10/20908117/dyson-electric-car-ev-project
Dyson founder James Dyson revealed that he had finished his own electric car project. Mr. Dyson reported in the e-mail sent to employees on October 10, 2019 that he reported the completion of the electric car project, and reported that the contents of the e-mail were obtained independently by The Verge of overseas media It is. According to the email, Dyson tried to sell the electric vehicle project to another company, but eventually failed and had to give up the project.
In the email, Mr. Dyson explained that he will “concentrate on the solid business of solid battery manufacturing” and other basic technologies in engineering fields such as vision systems, robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence (AI). I will also focus on.
In addition, “Dyson's car team developed a great car. They were faithful to our philosophy, but the approach was also original. However, they continued to work very hard throughout the development process. However, we can no longer continue the project commercially, ”explains why he gave up the project.
Dyson had announced that it would produce `` extreme '' electric vehicles in 2020, but when it announced that it would build a manufacturing plant in Singapore in 2018, it revised the announcement date of electric vehicles in 2021. It was.
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About 600 employees at Dyson were involved in the electric vehicle project. In the email, “As many employees as possible are trying to find another job within Dyson. “We have enough space to absorb our business.” For those who cannot find a new role in the company or who do not want to stay in the company, “We will support with fairness and respect”.
Dyson said the end of the electric car project: “It ’s not a product failure or a team failure. It ’s hard to hear and digest this news. But given the size and complexity of the project, The results are immeasurable. ”
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