Vacuum Company Dyson to Launch Electric Car by 2020

By Bryan Lynn
15 October, 2017

British company Dyson is known for inventing new vacuum cleaner technology and producing other devices for the home.

vacuum cleaner 吸尘器，vacuum 真空

devices 设备

Now the company has entered new territory by announcing plans to launch an electric vehicle by 2020.

company enter new territory 进入新的领域，territory 领域

an electric vehicle 电动汽车

In a recent announcement to employees, company founder James Dyson said about 400 engineers are working with other teams on the project.

The company – based in Malmesbury, England - is known for creating innovative product designs started by Dyson himself. Dyson is seen by many as having revolutionized the industry by engineering products that are powerful and easy to use. For example, the company makes fans and heating devices that do not use blades like most other products on the market.

innovative products 创新产品

revolutionized the industry 革新了行业

engineering products 工业产品

easy to use 易于使用

fans and heating devices 风扇和取暖设备

use blades 用扇叶

Dyson has been working on vehicle technology since 1990, when its engineers invented a way to trap diesel engine pollutants. In recent years, the company has increased its research and development efforts for electric vehicles.

pollutants 污染物

According to Dyson, the company will invest at least $2.6 billion in the project. He said he looks forward to offering the world "a solution to the world's largest single environmental risk."

In his message, Dyson said the company is now ready to use all of its technologies to produce an electric car. He said he has always believed that electrically-powered vehicles would help solve the world's pollution problems. He added that this is why the company has developed battery technologies for many years.

produce an electric car 生产电动汽车

electrically-powered vehicles 电动汽车

help solve the world's pollution problems 帮助解决世界污染问题

develop battery technologies 发展电池科技

The vehicles will not run on the same kind of lithium ion batteries currently used in electric cars. Instead, Dyson said the company chose solid-state technology in an effort to make the batteries smaller and easier to charge.

lithium ion batteries 锂离子电池，lithium锂，ion离子

make the batteries smaller and easier to charge 使电池更小且易于使用

The company has not yet released specific details about the design of the vehicle. "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," Dyson wrote in his company message.

competition is fierce 竞争激烈

the automotive industry 汽车行业

keep confidential 保密

However, he did tell Britain's The Guardian newspaper the vehicle "would not be a sports car." He said the design was "all about the technology" and warned it would be an expensive vehicle to own.

I'm Bryan Lynn.

simple 雅思写作7.0分单词集合