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by malcsm 2230 days ago
> I get why a hoover company thought branching out into hair dryers and fancy bladeless fans, I just fail to see the steps between that and a fully blown electric vehicle.

In 1985 Hoover manufactured 14,000 electric vehicles in their Welsh factory - the Sinclair C5. It was a disaster, but as a sub-contractor Hoover didn't do too badly out of it.