Dyson loses bid to change EU energy labelling laws on vacuum cleaners

Dyson has lost its bid to change EU energy labelling laws after claiming some rival vacuum cleaners were achieving misleadingly good ratings.

The firm’s founder James Dyson claims vacuum cleaners were only tested when they were empty which can “mislead buyers on the real environmental impact of the machine”.

But in a ruling, the EU’s General Court said it “dismisses Dyson’s action” because the company, best known for its bagless vacuum cleaner, had failed to show there were more reliable and accurate tests.