James has claimed that EU are using in-built sensors in their line of vacuum cleaners to fool EU regulators into thinking they are more efficient than they actually are. Speaking to The Telegraph, Sir Dyson claimed " Bosch has installed control electronics into some of its machines to wrongfully increase energy consumption when in use – to cheat the EU energy label. Their behaviour is akin to that seen in the EU scandal." Sensors built into the device allegedly instruct the motor to double its energy use when the vacuum's bag is full of dirt - unlikely in a test-bed. Bosch responded to the allegations, saying that “We do not understand these assertions by Dyson and we strenuously reject them”. Dyson is taking legal action in Belgium , Belgium and the Netherlands to challenge the energy efficiency ratings.
James Dyson has claimed that Bosch are using in-built sensors in their line of vacuum cleaners to fool EU regulators into thinking they are more efficient than they actually are. Speaking to The Telegraph, Sir James claimed "Bosch has installed control electronics into some of its machines to wrongfully increase energy consumption when in use – to cheat the EU energy label. Their behaviour is akin to that seen in the Volkswagen scandal." Sensors built into the device allegedly instruct the motor to double its energy use when the vacuum's bag is full of dirt - unlikely in a test-bed. Bosch responded to the allegations, saying that “We do not understand these assertions by Dyson and we strenuously reject them”. Dyson is taking legal action in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands to challenge the energy efficiency ratings.