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May 18, 2020 11:34 am

Canceled Dyson Electric Car Would've Had a 600-Mile Range Per Charge

Remember that electric car project that Dyson finally cancelled in October? It would've had a top speed of 125 miles per hour, going from 0 to 60 in 4.8 seconds, and "would have been able to go 600 miles on a single charge," reports Digital Trends, citing Sir Dyson's new interview with the Sunday Times:In comparison, Tesla's Model S is rated with a 391-mile range, while the Model X, which more closely resembles Dyson's vehicle, is rated with a 351-mile range, according to Tesla's website. The feat would have been made possible through Dyson's solid-state batteries, which would be able to endure "a freezing February night, on the naughty side of 70 mph on the motorway, with the heater on and the radio at full blast" without any decline in performance. Sir Dyson, who also revealed that the electric SUV's dashboard "floats in front of your face like a hologram," confirmed that he was able to drive a prototype in a screened-off compound. However, each sale of the vehicle would have needed to make at least £150,000, or about $181,000, to break even, a figure that was too high for a company that only had experience in home appliances. The article points out that Sir Dyson is open to bringing their solid-state battery technology to other carmakers, "so electric vehicles with a 600-mile range is still a possibility in the future."

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