Vacuum-maker Dyson is reportedly working on an electric car
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Beyond the environmental benefits, electric cars allow companies to completely rethink car design as all the constraints from combustion engines are removed. I am excited to see what the next 5-10 years will bring. Thats also why I would like to see Apple make a car, just to see with what new ideas or designs they might come up.
My comment was about
"Dyson did pioneer the bagless vacuum cleaners, and their technology works"
It's louder then any other and cleaning results are worse. It's not remarkable tech.
On the contrary, I bought a refurbished Dyson two years ago and I find it: 1) much quieter (I don't have to yell to speak over it); 2) it is much more reliable at getting everything out of my carpet than any vacuum I've ever owned.
I assume if they make a car they will make it simple to find the fuses and pull out the spare tyre.
It could be that I've just always chosen badly though. Which vacuum would you recommend?
The whole design of the handheld makes cleaning easier and it looks like a laser gun from a computer game.
Ended up going with the Black and Decker. Slightly lower price, bigger battery, and the wand is a detachable hose
Even in the standard set, some of the included attachments are worthless, and you ought to buy the extras.
The laser gun is the most versatile vacuum I have ever owned though. And for some reason I use it much more than any other vacuum I've owned.
It can't just be because of the cute face...
(no affiliation by the way, I just wasn't sure how to put the link inline!)
Reddit made a vacuum repair technician _famous_ with the same question...
https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2ldfs3/iama_vacuum_re...
It was exceedingly painful to empty - I had to take it outside because opening it spewed dust everywhere, then I had to put on gloves and scoop the dust and gunk out of the unit and put it into a garbage bag. Every time I did that I hated myself for buying into the 'bagless' Dyson marketing bullshit.
A cyclone is a long established method of dust removal industrially, and an efficient method of doing so. Compared to a typical Hoover at the time they were introduced they are orders of magnitude better and more reliable. Since then Hoover and all the other manufacturers have basically copied, as far as they are able, everything Dyson does. Hardly indicative of a terrible product.
They can lack longevity due to use of plastics that tend to age harden over a decade, but that's about all I can fault them for, aside from moving production to Malaysia - but that's hardly unique in manfacturing.
Some of their other products have been less successful - the now discontinued washing machine was another transformative product miles ahead of alternatives. Sadly they couldn't make them profitably. The fan heater is much harder to like being 10x the cost of alternatives but not 10x better at heating a room.
Dyson cleaners frequently get Consumer's Association (UK independent home appliance tests) Best Buy. They are always towards the top as far as performance goes.
Yeah, gonna take this opinion seriously.
Nice try, Horst.
On the contrary bagless vacuum cleaners have existed since the 1920's, around 20 years before Sir James Dyson OM CBE FRS FREng was born.
As for cyclonic vacuum cleaners Filter Queen have been making cyclonic vacuum cleaners since 1930. http://www.filterqueen.com/ourstories.php
Dyson is the Bose of vacuum cleaners, excelling in hyping their products to the gullible.
By doing that, they perform a number of valuable functions. They return profits to shareholders; they keep their staff employed ;they part the proverbial fool from his money.
Here is a detailed quantitative comparision of the Dysons to another more conventional brand. https://www.greatvacs.com/education/KirbyVsDysonVacuumReview...
There was uproar a few years ago when Dyson moved their manufacturing out of the UK to Malaysia. I imagine that they will use their Malaysian factories too, further down the line, should the electric car product prove to be successful.
I imagine that the styling and colours that Dyson will use for their car will be very different to anything that has gone on before, the result will not look like a 'normal' car.
Dyson also have a loyal and rich customer base, people that trust the brand and see qualities in the brand that they would want in a car, e.g. dependability, getting the job done.
The article only really cites something vague about battery R+D, that really need not imply a car. Dyson have a lot of batteries in their products and investing in that area makes sense for their product line up. Better batteries, with more power and portability, could be a major USP for them, no need for car side-project. If this were their intent, the R+D plus initial manufacturing facility would cost many millions more than this level of government grant. The sums involved in this are not huge and it could be for just 'batteries for hoovers' that they are making.
* Dyson has a factory in a country with low wages.
* Dyson uses modern styling in their product lines.
* Dyson has a strong brand.
(* Dyson knows about electrics)
It sounds like you can replace Dyson with quite a lot of names.
One of the human brain's strengths is pattern recognition. Wether true or not, we see patterns everywhere. But that applies to my comment too ;)
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/ki9rasv6uh...
(It's the Chaparral 2J https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaparral_Cars#2J)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_(cars)
So effective the sport made it illegal after just one season.
Ah well in all seriousness I have a few of their products and they are really good.
I've owned one Dyson, but it's been going for 6 years and I've never had a problem with it. That doesn't lead me to believe they never break though.
In fact, the only time I have had an issue is on one of the first generation hand helds where the battery pack contacts became slightly loose, but a phone call to dyson support and a wipe clean with vinegar on the contacts resulted in the fix.
Anecdata is fine but you can have both directions, and I'm not sure a repair shop observing seeing popular vacuum cleaners is the best place to start from.
Remember the DeLorean? Least John DeLorean had loads of auto industry experience.
The big factories were sunk by their appalling labour relations, for which management must take some blame.
...damn.