James Dyson says he spent £500M of his own money on the company’s canceled EV

Re:James Dyson says he spent £500M of his own money on the c... by andrewmcwatters on Monday May 18, 2020 @01:48PM (#23225799)

Reminds me of a video I was watching on AvE's YouTube channel, must have been his Juicero video, where he said something along the lines of how any idiot can make a high quality product by using expensive materials, but good engineering is bring a high quality product to market at an attractive price.

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Re:James Dyson says he spent £500M of his own money on the c... by serf on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @06:17AM (#23233239)

>any idiot can make a high quality product by using expensive materials, but good engineering is bring a high quality product to market at an attractive price.

it's a cute sentiment, but it throws out on-the-edge engineering work that produces little product, or engineering that is subsidized elsewhere where the cash value is of little importance.

For example, I never thought the fine folks engineering at NASA were idiots, nor the people at defense groups like Northrop Grumman -- but i'd hardly call their wares a good 'cash value'.

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