Vacuum-maker Dyson is reportedly working on an electric car

Post by poooogles » Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 11:03 AM UTC

pjc50 wrote: post #20

onion2k wrote: post #14

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For a short time in the early 1980s the British government part owned Jaguar, Land Rover and Mini through British Leyland. It didn't work very well (Tory government versus heavily unionised car industry) but it went better than DeLorean.

The UK actually does great at making cars - so long as they're either small volume boutique supercars, racecars or the factory is managed by foreigners (such as Nissan). The big factories were sunk by their appalling labour relations, for which management must take some blame.

Post by 2muchcoffeeman » Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 11:51 AM UTC

Al-Khwarizmi wrote: post #31

onRoadAgain24 wrote: post #22

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On the contrary. Dyson has not won any independent vacuum tests but usually ranks in the bottom half. Dyson is high price, mainly marketing with gimmicks not results. Dyson is the self marketing part of Jobs without the genius.

Won't argue because I haven't seen any tests, but I am surprised to read this because my current one is a Dyson and it cleans way better than any other one I've had before. It takes me like 5 times less to clean a room and the result is better, especially when carpets are involved. It could be that I've just always chosen badly though. Which vacuum would you recommend?

Post by rfrey » Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 11:59 AM UTC

spacehome wrote: post #17

onion2k wrote: post #12

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That's a sort of inverted survivorship bias - you've seen "a number" break, presumably from similar usage if they're yours, or at least similar temperature/humidity/etc if they're from around where you live if they're from your friends or customers, and you feel that translates to all Dysons everywhere. The reality is that you've seen at most a few thousand if you're repairing them professionally. That probably isn't…

I assure you a few thousand is enough to know if they're consistently bad.

Post by MarkMc » Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 12:01 PM UTC

onRoadAgain24 wrote: post #22

_ph_ wrote: post #19

This is great news. The car industry could really benefit from completely fresh competitors beyond Tesla. And whatever some people say, Dyson did pioneer the bagless vacuum cleaners, and their technology works. It would be cool if they could come up with some completely new how a "car" is made/designed. Beyond the environmental benefits, electric cars allow companies to completely rethink car design as all the constr…

On the contrary. Dyson has not won any independent vacuum tests but usually ranks in the bottom half. Dyson is high price, mainly marketing with gimmicks not results. Dyson is the self marketing part of Jobs without the genius.

Post by kobayashi » Fri, Mar 25, 2016, 12:11 PM UTC

Al-Khwarizmi wrote: post #31

onRoadAgain24 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the contrary. Dyson has not won any independent vacuum tests but usually ranks in the bottom half. Dyson is high price, mainly marketing with gimmicks not results. Dyson is the self marketing part of Jobs without the genius.

Won't argue because I haven't seen any tests, but I am surprised to read this because my current one is a Dyson and it cleans way better than any other one I've had before. It takes me like 5 times less to clean a room and the result is better, especially when carpets are involved. It could be that I've just always chosen badly though. Which vacuum would you recommend?