http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41399497

If hes been thinking about it since the 80's, how has it taken hi. Until now to announce they dont even have a prototype or an estimated price??

Will he develop it in the UK, begin manufacture in, oh I dunno, Wiltshire and then get all the manufacturing done on the cheap in the Far East? 
Just sayin'..................

Looking Good

 

 

 

 

Are they also going to be the first cars cars with digital doors? Either open or closed?

 

And first to be nearly entirely made of unbreakable clear plastic that crazes and shatters within 12months?

I think this is good news.

Do we not want to have British based companies trying to work in this field?

36 minutes ago, Wino said:

I think this is good news.

Do we not want to have British based companies trying to work in this field?

Im all for innovation and home brew development (in any country )

 

I just find dyson as hard to take as i did steve jobs..

Try to just ignore him and think of all the engineers gainfully employed.

So it'll look nice, but cost five times as much as any other car that does the same job?

 

More seriously, I'm happy for them to give it a go, but I fear that his budget won't be enough to get a car to market.
I expect they'll end up partnering with an established brand that doesn't have an EV project underway.

Good luck to him and his start up Engineering University  and the future of UK engineering  talent. Shame that Mrs T killed it off and went into  B****ing.

SWMBO was the first person ever at our local Currys to reject the Dyson cleaner after the trial period. The looks of sheer disbelief from the staff were truly comical.  Will we be able to take the Dyson EV back after a month too?

 

Edited 26 September, 20178 yr by camelspyyder

1 hour ago, Dr Zoidberg said:

So it'll look nice, but cost five times as much as any other car that does the same job?

 

More seriously, I'm happy for them to give it a go, but I fear that his budget won't be enough to get a car to market.
I expect they'll end up partnering with an established brand that doesn't have an EV project underway.

TVR? Oooooooo imagine that collaboration!

8 hours ago, vrskeith said:

Good luck to him and his start up Engineering University  and the future of UK engineering  talent. Shame that Mrs T killed it off and went into  B****ing.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/dyson-electric-cars-reach-production-2020

 

Dyson chooses Malaysia (MY) for his hoover production and one would expect him to look at making economies of scale by co-locating the car side of business but then Malaysia lost it preferential trade status with the EU so maybe he would pick one of the other SE Asian countries with lower wages to MY.

 

Very unclear what part of the EV market he would be aiming at.  Premium one would guess based on his vacuum cleaner market segment so maybe up against Tesla and if he chooses to manufacture, like his household products, outside Europe, then he has to factor in tariffs in to EU, UK markets of 10% not just the 1.7% paid on hoovers.     

Obviously Dyson does not produce hoovers.

Has everyone else missed the fact that the real problem with all battery EVs is the power density of the battery pack, and Dyson is not noted for technical innovation?

It will produce 200bhp for the first month then performance will drop at an exponential rate.   Standard. 

18 hours ago, Auric Goldfinger said:

Looking Good

 

 

 

 

 

Perhaps Dyson could invert a Car to run on the train lines to suck up all the leaves on the line     

^ Why don't trains just squirt a jet of high pressure compressed air at each rail just in front of the first wheels?  Would sort out leaves and most types of snow, no?

 

Edited 27 September, 20178 yr by Wino

Is it coz they are trickling sand onto the rails to give traction and they do not want to blow that away?

 

Why do they not vacuum up the leaves and then compress them further back the train and then discharge the bails of leaves at station platforms.

It was explained to me (in rather highly scientific language, that was totally unnecessary) that the pressure of the wheels of the train, turn the leaves into oil. The oil coats the wheels and then the train can't stop - slides through the station apparently.

With the power of the dyson-blade hand dryer, they could do an electric hover car

 

Advert: it blows like a Dyson - Hoover just sucks

15 minutes ago, Headinawayoffski said:

Is it coz they are trickling sand onto the rails to give traction and they do not want to blow that away?

 

Why do they not vacuum up the leaves and then compress them further back the train and then discharge the bails of leaves at station platforms.

Wouldn't need the sand if the leaves/snow had already been blown away though. Or you could trickle it just behind the air jet instead of just in front?

 

 

EV's and Trains will be similar in where they are fit for purpose.

Sitting between Pitlochry & Inverness in a train is no fun, my longest was 2 days years back,

longest sitting on the A9 was 14 hours and luckily had fuel to run the heater sometimes, maybe something that is not going to be possible in a EV.

Good if there was Phone or Radio Reception between Pitlochry & Inverness always.

Covered Parking / Charging Points / Rest places and all that jazz. @ Stirling, Perth, Inverness and North and places inbetween Perth & Inverness.

http://sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/viewtopic?t=38054 

 

One of those location location location things and just what gear people are prepared to pay for.

Not that many Alaska type trains in the UK, and when they need the snow blowers to clear tracks the obviously use them, but then tracks behind them can just snow over.

 

Scotlands longest road is going to be a EV users dream with charging points according to Nicola Sturgeon MSP / FM.

Ye right.  

 

Edited 27 September, 20178 yr by Headinawayoffski

2 hours ago, S00perb said:

It was explained to me (in rather highly scientific language, that was totally unnecessary) that the pressure of the wheels of the train, turn the leaves into oil. The oil coats the wheels and then the train can't stop - slides through the station apparently.

 

Correct Sir, In my train driving days wheels locked and sliding in the dark at 90mph was a real @rse cheek tightener. On the old rolling stock you could clean the wheels with the tread brake block which improved braking. On the modern rolling stock, Inboard disc brakes were fitted, no brakes on the wheels but inboard on the axle. Dirty wheels on slippy rails = greater stopping distances.  Route knowledge taught you where to and where not to brake. In almost 18 years a train driver I never missed a Station in the slippy season  ( or any other seasons )

 

Train-slides

 

 

Edited 27 September, 20178 yr by Auric Goldfinger