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  • Dyson to launch new electric car by 2020 following £2billion investment by vacuum(T)

    09/27/2017 7:43:34 AM PDT · by rktman · 31 replies
    thesun.co.uk ^ | 9/26/2017 | Joe Finnerty
    The all-new model is being developed by 400 staff at its HQ in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Further work will take place at a nearby former RAF base with staff moving in next February. A factory has yet to be chosen but the battery-powered car will be on sale after 2020. Company founder Sir James Dyson told staff in an e-mail: "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." Dyson has had an ambition to develop an electric car since 1998 but was rejected by...
  • Tesla’s ‘Success’ a Great Example of How Regulations Manipulate Markets

    10/26/2015 6:53:05 AM PDT · by rktman · 9 replies
    breitbart.com ^ | 10/25/2015 | Marita Noon
    The American consumer resists marketing aimed at selling them electric and hybrid vehicles. For the first quarter of 2015, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Chevrolet sold 1,874 Volts—its electric car introduced in 2010 with “high expectations.” That roughly equals the number of Silverado pick-up trucks sold in one day. In another report, WSJ states: “Through June, the market share in the U.S. for hybrid electric cars such as the Toyota Prius and C-Max and for electric vehicles such as the Leaf accounted for 2.8% of industry sales. That is down from 3.6% through the same period in 2014....