Dreame’s dream of a rocket-powered car is dead

The Dreame NEXT lawsuit during the Silicon Valley Summit astatine the Palace of Fine Arts connected April 29, 2026 successful San Francisco, CA. | Photo by Kelsey McClellan / The Verge

Dreame, the Chinese vacuum institution that aspires to beryllium a planetary exertion giant, is reportedly shutting down its automotive project aft backing from the authorities dried up.

According to CarNewsChina, the company's automotive part called "Project Starry Sky" erstwhile employed implicit 1,000 people, but present lone a fistful ineligible and HR staffers remain, charged with winding down the operation. In a statement, Dreame said it "recently adjusted definite operations that were successful the exploratory phase," and that going forward, it would absorption connected 4 cardinal concern areas: "smart home, outdoor/garden, astute mobility, and embodied AI." (A spokesperson for …

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