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

Dreame, the Chinese vacuum company that aspires to be a global technology giant, is reportedly shutting down its automotive project after funding from the government dried up. According to CarNewsChina, the company's automotive division called...

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Dreame’s dream of a rocket-powered car is dead
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The Dreame NEXT event during the Silicon Valley Summit at the Palace of Fine Arts on April 29, 2026 in San Francisco, CA. | Photo by Kelsey McClellan / The Verge

Dreame, the Chinese vacuum company that aspires to be a global technology giant, is reportedly shutting down its automotive project after funding from the government dried up.

According to CarNewsChina, the company's automotive division called "Project Starry Sky" once employed over 1,000 people, but now only a handful legal and HR staffers remain, charged with winding down the operation. In a statement, Dreame said it "recently adjusted certain operations that were in the exploratory phase," and that going forward, it would focus on four key business areas: "smart home, outdoor/garden, smart mobility, and embodied AI." (A spokesperson for …

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