The story of Britain's battery-electric commercial vehicles
August 8, 2021
Let’s start our look at the 1950s with another glance at the registration figures for Great Britain. In August 1951 there were 900,800 goods vehicles licensed, […]
August 8, 2021
Farewell to the battery bin wagon The 1960s pretty well saw the end of battery-electric refuse collection. The last of the exotic Glasgow GTZ’s went in […]
August 8, 2021
The oil crisis puts electrics in the spotlight Increasing concern over the prospect of the world’s supply of oil running out within a generation prompted a […]
August 8, 2021
Established manufacturers play it safe At the start of the 1980s the three long-established manufacturers, Crompton Electricars, Smiths and W&E Vehicles, were collectively building between 1,200 […]