# Dyson kills its plan to challenge Tesla with an electric car **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734 "2019-10-14T01:12:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/1 "2019-10-14T01:12:07Z")
As crappy and frustrating as his vacuums are, I wouldn’t order from him such a complex machine as an EV car. Even if you paid me. Story here: > **[Dyson kills its plan to challenge Tesla with an electric car](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/10/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/)** > > But the company will continue with the $3.2 billion investment in new technology. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/2 "2019-10-14T01:51:14Z")
Well, that sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/3 "2019-10-14T02:11:15Z")
I will never buy a dyson product because they tried to mislead people that they made a fan with no moving parts. Shlock. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/4 "2019-10-14T03:31:43Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > I will never buy a dyson product because they tried to mislead people that they made a fan with no moving parts. Shlock. Are you talking about their blade-less fans? You thought they didn’t have any moving parts? ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/5 "2019-10-14T11:36:50Z")
> [@Cabin\_Fever](#): > > As crappy and frustrating as his vacuums are, I wouldn’t order from him such a complex machine as an EV car. > > Even if you paid me. > > Story here: > [Dyson kills its plan to challenge Tesla with an electric car | Ars Technica](https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/10/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/) I giggled when they said they were “investing” $3.2 billion into it. I was like “that’s all?” ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/6 "2019-10-14T11:51:31Z")
They might have been able to accomplish something if they tried to work with an existing auto manufacturer. Building one from scratch is, as you said, enormously expensive and requires acquiring skills outside their usual ones. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/7 "2019-10-14T16:27:17Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Are you talking about their blade-less fans? You thought they didn’t have any moving parts? Those things are ridiculous. They should be called no “exposed” blade fans since the blades spin internally. Which is nothing new. People have used hair blow dryers for decades. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/8 "2019-10-16T01:36:12Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Those things are ridiculous. They should be called no “exposed” blade fans since the blades spin internally. Which is nothing new. People have used hair blow dryers for decades. I’m not a big Dyson fan, but the Coanda effect is cool, and I’d much rather have an air multiplier fan than any other kind. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/9 "2019-10-16T03:52:49Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Are you talking about their blade-less fans? You thought they didn’t have any moving parts? I was intrigued for five minutes. Their design was to purposefully make it look like it was somehow forcing air through the central hole. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/10 "2019-10-16T05:42:56Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > I was intrigued for five minutes. Their design was to purposefully make it look like it was somehow forcing air through the central hole. Damn! That is some sexy-talk, right there! Keep it up, Big Boy! ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/11 "2019-10-16T18:16:57Z")
The telling thing here is that they couldn’t even sell the project on. That’s pretty much a disaster. j ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/12 "2019-10-17T13:45:35Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > I was intrigued for five minutes. Their design was to purposefully make it look like it was somehow forcing air through the central hole. Air does flow through the central hole though: [Bladeless fan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bladeless_fan) ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/13 "2019-10-17T13:53:37Z")
> [@naita](#): > > Air does flow through the central hole though: [Bladeless fan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bladeless_fan) Of course it does. Air flows all around, in a general sense. Two questions: Do you own a Dyson fan? Do you think their fan design is not an example of hucksterism? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/14 "2019-10-17T14:06:59Z")
Yes. An AM-06. We’ve had it about 5 years now. Yes, it is not an example of hucksterism. (Nice wording BTW). I appreciate most of Dyson’s products but I do question the premium you have to pay to get them. Our first Dyson vacuum (DC-07 bought in the early oughts) only died because I dropped it from a bit of a height and cracked the main body assembly and it wasn’t worth replacing a bunch of parts. The fan is quiet, moves a lot of air, has a pleasant design and comes with a remote. It really is too bad Dyson isn’t pursuing the car thing but they also gave up on their laundry appliances fairly early on so it’s not completely unheard of for them to quit on a product. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/15 "2019-10-17T14:21:33Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Of course it does. Air flows all around, in a general sense. Two questions: > > Do you own a Dyson fan? > > Do you think their fan design is not an example of hucksterism? why would it be “hucksterism?” They do what it says on the tin; they move air, and look nothing like conventional fans. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/16 "2019-10-17T16:37:20Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Of course it does. Air flows all around, in a general sense. Two questions: > > Do you own a Dyson fan? > > Do you think their fan design is not an example of hucksterism? I have a Dyson fan, and it’s quite the most marvellous thing I’ve bought in the last 3 years. I don’t care how it works, it works. And just for balance, I loathe James Dyson, and his company is a pig to work for (I live nearby and know a number of current and ex employees). ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/17 "2019-10-17T17:59:01Z")
A clear cut case of having a Dyson fan but not being a Dyson Fan… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/18 "2019-10-18T01:05:49Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > Of course it does. Air flows all around, in a general sense. Two questions: > > Do you own a Dyson fan? > > Do you think their fan design is not an example of hucksterism? No, I don’t own own. No I don’t think it’s an example of hucksterism. seems overpriced to me but so does an iphone. If I didn’t have a ceiling fan I’d want something quiet in my bedroom. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/19 "2019-10-18T02:23:01Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > why would it be “hucksterism?” They do what it says on the tin; they move air, and look nothing like conventional fans. It says they are an “air multiplier”. ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dyson-kills-its-plan-to-challenge-tesla-with-an-electric-car/841734/20 "2019-10-19T20:33:44Z")
I hate Dyson with a passion. The AirBlade is the worst thing to show up in a bathroom since Golgothan, the Shit Demon.