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特斯拉顫抖？戴森宣布進軍電動車，3年就上市

作為北京第一批新能源電動車車主和戴森用戶，看到這則新聞的先生是蠻期待的。

近日，英國著名科技公司戴森Dyson創始人與總工程師詹姆斯·戴森向全球員工宣布：戴森開始研發電動汽車，並計劃於2020年上市。

戴森並沒有就此事召開新聞發布會，隻是詹姆斯針對員工的內部溝通郵件。郵件中詹姆斯提到戴森已經為電動汽車研發成立了一個全球400人規模的頂級工程師團隊，同時承諾將會投資20億英鎊用於電動汽車的研發。

作為全球知名的小家電科技品牌，戴森憑借著獨家核心黑科技——電動數碼馬達和氣流倍增技術——將家用吸塵器、風扇、吹風機、淨化器甚至是幹手器成功的打造成為家電中的精品，盡管售價不菲，但依然在全世界擁有著大量的忠實粉絲。

詹姆斯對汽車的喜愛可謂由來已久，他在1970年的第一個發明就是一輛海上卡車（圖01），當時創造了超過5億美元的銷量。後來戴森又陸續推出過球輪手推車、球形滑軌和能在陸地和水麵上以40英裏每小時速度行進的輪式兩用船。

而戴森布局新能源電動車可以說是“預謀已久”了。2015年，戴森就收購了一家固態電池技術公司Satki3，當時宣布會在未來5年內投資10億英鎊用於電池技術的研發。

由於Satki3的專利文件表明其固態電池技術可以應用在汽車領域，所以有不少媒體將戴森與新能源電動汽車聯係在了一起。

如今，戴森正式宣布進軍電動汽車市場，而且短短3年時間就做到量產上市，相比特斯拉等電動汽車品牌，一項注重黑科技的戴森汽車，不知會給我們帶來多少意外和驚喜。

不過郵件中的設計手稿圖片中，卻是一輛類似卡車的商用車原型。

不久前體驗戴森360 Eye吸塵機器人時，我就總有種機器人會Transform&rollout變形出發的錯覺，如今終於可以期待一輛將戴森所有頂尖科技匯集一身的真正電動汽車到來了！

附上詹姆斯·戴森的郵件全文供參考。

A Dyson EV

In 1988 I read a paper by the US National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, linking the exhaust from diesel engines to premature death in laboratory mice and rats. In March 1990 a team at Dyson began work on a cyclonic filter that could be fitted on a vehicle’s exhaust system to trap particulates.

By 1993 we had developed several working prototypes and showed an early iteration to British television programme Blue Peter. The team went on to develop a much more sophisticated technology.

To our chagrin, nobody at the time was interested in employing our diesel exhaust capture system and we stopped the project.The industry said that ‘disposing’ of the collected soot was too much of a problem! Better to breathe it in?

In the period since, governments around the world have encouraged the adoption of oxymoronically designated ‘clean diesel’ engines through subsidies and grants. Major auto manufacturers have circumvented and duped clean air regulations. As a result, developed and developing cities are full of smog-belching cars, lorries and buses. It is a problem that others are ignoring.

Throughout, it has remained my ambition to find a solution to the global problem of air pollution. Some years ago, observing that automotive firms were not changing their spots, I committed the company to develop new battery technologies. I believed that electrically powered vehicles would solve the vehicle pollution problem. Dyson carried on innovating. The latest digital motors and energy storage systems power the Dyson Supersonic hair dryer and cord-free vacuum line. We’ve relentlessly innovated in fluid dynamics and HVAC systems to build our fans, heaters and purifiers.

At this moment, we finally have the opportunity to bring all our technologies together into a single product. Rather than filtering emissions at the exhaust pipe, today we have the ability to solve it at the source. So I wanted you to hear it directly from me: Dyson has begun work on a battery electric vehicle, due to be launched by 2020.

We’ve started building an exceptional team that combines top Dyson engineers with talented individuals from the automotive industry. The team is already over 400 strong, and we are recruiting aggressively. I’m committed to investing £2bn on this endeavour.

The project will grow quickly from here but at this stage we will not release any information. Competition for new technology in the automotive industry is fierce and we must do everything we can to keep the specifics of our vehicle confidential.

In London, nearly 9,500 people die early each year due to long-term exposure to air pollution according to a study carried out by researchers at King’s College London. The World Health Organisation reports “in 2012 around 7 million people died – one in eight of total global deaths – as a result of air pollution exposure”. It is our obligation to offer a solution to the world’s largest single environmental risk. I look forward to showing you all what I hope will be something quite unique and better, in due course!

James

（趣科技先生）

最後更新：2017-10-08 06:56:59

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