Dyson Creates $2.6 Billion Test Track For Electric Cars

Dyson offers an exclusive first look at the site 'masterplan', revealing the plans for their newest campus, Hullavington Airfield. The plans, which were submitted to Wiltshire County Council in August 2018, represent Phase Two for the airfield and reveal a clear automotive focus for the future. In addition to the restoration work already being carried out on Hullavington's hangars, Dyson will be creating new buildings and areas to put the battery-powered electric vehicle they are currently developing through its paces.

Dyson’s new Hullavington, UK, campus has opened and the automotive team has moved in. But it doesn’t end there. Today Dyson announced the next phase, bringing investment there to £200m. https://t.co/0pudGIxv5Y pic.twitter.com/riKC277e5p

— Dyson (@Dyson) August 30, 2018

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There will be test tracks for handling, rural and off-road courses, a skid pan and, perhaps most interestingly, a high-speed runway for cars which can reach speeds of above 100mph. To date, Dyson has spent nearly 85 million euros restoring Hangars 85 and 86. But, the full scale of the investment into the 750-acre airfield is set to be far higher once it is fully operational. Phase Two alone will cost Dyson 200 million euros or $2.6 billion.

(Dyson will be creating new buildings and areas to put the battery-powered electric vehicle they are currently developing through its paces)

Reiterating the company's huge investment in developing an electric vehicle, Jim Rowan, Dyson's CEO said, "Our growing automotive team is now working from Dyson's state-of-the-art hangars at Hullavington Airfield. It will quickly become a world-class vehicle testing campus where we anticipate investing 550 million euros, creating even more high-skilled jobs for Britain."

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Working closely with Wilkinson Eyre, the planning outline also includes additional office space which could accommodate over 2,000 people, a sports centre, cafe and a new visitor centre for people to learn about Dyson's new electric vehicle. 400 members of Dyson's automotive team have already moved into H86, and a further three buildings are set to be delivered over the coming months.