Dyson chooses Singapore over Britain to build electric car
London — James Dyson, the billionaire British inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, has chosen to build his electric car in Singapore to be close to Asian customers, supply chains and a highly skilled workforce. The 71-year-old entrepreneur, who backed Brexit in the 2016 referendum, already manufactures products such as hair dryers, air purification systems and bladeless fans in Asia, while the company’s research and development remains in Britain. Dyson said last year that a 400-strong, British-based engineering team had been secretly working for more than two years on a $2.6bn project to build an electric car. The company, one of Britain’s biggest manufacturing success stories, has not shown any designs for its electric vehicle, although James Dyson has said it will not be like anything else on the market and will not be a “very cheap”. Dyson, who is not working with established car companies on the project, had said the vehicle would be made close to suppliers and its potential...
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