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James Dyson to invest £2.5bn on 'radically different' electric car

Gwyn Topham, the Guardian
clock 27 September 2017 •
James Dyson to invest £2.5bn on 'radically different' electric car

British inventor, whose company has been working on vehicle since 2015, says it will launch in 2020

British inventor Sir James Dyson has announced plans to build an electric car that will be "radically different" from current models and go on sale in 2020. The billionaire who revolutionised the vacuum...

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