30/08/2018

Dyson gears up for electric car testing

BBC reports that Dyson is planning to test its new electric cars on a test track in Wiltshire

The plans have so far seen a redevelopment of the site costing £84m, with the total investment set to reach £200m.

The disused airfield at Hullavington has so far seen two 1928 hangars renovated with a further three buildings set to offer an additional 15,000sq m of testing space for around 400 staff.

Jim Rowan, chief executive of Dyson, predicted that Hullavington would soon become a 'world-class vehicle testing campus'.

'We are now firmly focused on the next stage of our automotive project strengthening our credentials as a global research and development organisation,' he said.

Sir James Dyson, 71, is yet to reveal any details about his electric car and no prototype has been built.

However, it is expected to be aimed at the upper end of the market, will have 'some' driverless features and may not even look like a conventional vehicle, he told GQ magazine earlier this month, 'What we're doing is quite radical.'