James Dyson doesn't drive his scrapped EV prototype anymore — but there is one failed Dyson product he still uses

James Dyson says he had fun building an EV, but it didn't result in a key learnings. It did, however, bring talented engineers into the company.

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• James Dyson says he learned "absolutely nothing" from his failed electric car project, but it brought in smart engineers.
• The electric vehicle project was scrapped in 2019 due to high costs.
• In a podcast interview, he said rivals like Tesla had the money to invest billions into EVs, but the risk was too high for Dyson.