Dyson Plans Solar Powered Car
Vacuum Cleaner Whiz Going To The Streets
Update: Dyson Is NOT Making An Electric Car, A Report from London
The king of vacuum cleaners, James Dyson, is betting that a souped-up version of his vacuum cleaner and hair dryer motors will power cars over hundreds of miles.
Using technology developed for his lightweight electric motors, Dyson hopes to partner with Honda or another car maker, rather than build a car from the ground up.
Solar panels on top of the vehicle, or on the garage where it is stored, would provide electricity to charge the car’s battery. Of course, the best performance would probably come from a country where there’s abundant enough sunshine to keep the battery charged.
Of course, he could also think about adding a plug-in function, just in case it stays cloudy for days on end.
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Engineers at his Wiltshire HQ are currently said to be developing the motor at its facility in the Uk.
The British inventor has made a fortune with his bagless vacuum cleaner and hand dryer.
His first endeavor was the Ballbarrow, a wheel barrow he invented in the 1970’s, which led to the vacuum cleaner, the “supercharged” hand dryer, and more recently a two-drum washing machine.
Dyson believes electric cars are the future for city driving at present, but with his new motor they could reach much higher speeds and have a longer range.
Just think, you could whiz down the road, vacuuming up dust and debris, then blowing it to the side of the road or into a side-car Ballbarrow for dumping at an appropriate site.
What a concept.
Photo Credit: Mail Online
Story Source: Mail Online
References to other electric car posts:
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- Th!nk Ox: An Electric Car With Style and Smarts
- The All-Electric (EV) CitiCar: Powered by the Sun
- Mindset Six50 Electric Car Mixes Gas, Li-Ion and Solar Power
I think it is a bit of a pipe dream to think that the solar panels that can fit on the top of a car can charge the car’s battery in any useful amount of time. The panels can be supplemental but definitely not the sole source of recharge energy.
Completely plausible idea, it will be interesting to see how this pans out.
With the rise in popularity regarding solar panels and renewable energy sources, it’s certainly in fitting with the technology of today.
I really hope this new generation of non-fuel cars will be released to general public. I am sick and tired of these gas-release cars these days.
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We’ve heard this all before - companies making this improvement and that improvement in electric car design, but where are they? It always comes down to three issues: Range, Price and Availability.
We own the Dyson Vacuum and a Dyson Washing machine and at the time of their launch they were bloody fantastic. Obviously the competition has caught up to some extent now, but they’re still marvellous machines and show exactly how forward thinking Mr. Dyson is.
I’m waiting for the Electric Smart Car and daydreaming about the Th!nk Ox, but I’d love a Dyson Electric Vehicle. Get on it, James!
There is absolutely no way that a car can run from solar electricity, no matter how efficient it is, and with every exterior surface covered with panels. The best you could do would be a car that goes about 40 miles on a charge …. at 3 mph. You could walk faster.
The sun is simply not strong enough to provide enough juice to the battery.
Solar energy would work just fine to run a car, but the panels have to be on a much larger surface, such as the roof of your house.
If a dyson car is as good as the vacuums at doing their job…I’ll take 3, no wait 4… my son will be driving too by then….
My wife Catrin and I own one of Mr. Dyson’s vacuum cleaners. It is as good as he boasts on TV. I’ve been eager to see the MDI air car come to the United States. Perhaps Mr. Dyson can trump them and give us the real thing right now?!
Course the car would require a plug in system as well. It simply makes better press to say it will run on solar power.
Detroit is building too big.
Roads should be both solar panels and powerlines. Cars shouldn’t carry heavy batteries, they should just get power from the road itself with Tesla coils. I’d like to see a single-side bicycle wheel motor around New Vinci light.