THE ADVANCE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 7564, 7 May 1919, Page 7

THE ADVANCE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

The battery—which is the contrivance for chemically producing or storing electricity—was one of the first electrical inventions and it is now the key .to one of the latest uses of electric power. Battery driven vehicles are being increasingly used in Great Britain for many forms of transport witlfn a radius of a few miles. These forms are really much more numerous and important than is generally recognised, include municina] services (refuse collection and disposal, street watering and sweeping, road rolling, and the cartage of road materials and public stores generally); public utility services (tile carriage cf coal to central electric stations and gas works; the disposal of ashes, the driving of tower and repair waggons lor tramways) ; the collection and distribution of coal, milk, bread, and other commodities ; the delivery of goods by carriers and department stores: taxic-ib and omnibus services; and the internal transport of faotorios clocks, and warehouses. In thesfx directions the electric vehicle has proved itself more economical than other vhicies. as well as more reliable and more simple in operation. The end of the war is bringing a revival of activity by British manufacturers to me»t the demand for electric vehicles. Arrangements ore heino: made to tnrn out l^rcrer quantities of traction hat'tiprSc-s of the most efficient typo and standardise tho motors, wntrollers. and ot.hpr parts of thr* vehicle so a.s to fnonnrnfro economical oT'tnnt. Sovero! rooter-Mr nipVprs fire n.Vo fakin^ up tho rpw'! nation cf oh asset aurf bodies for r.lpptrin r> oh''*Tp.s on n. sr>nle lfrfre '^nrvpyh <n mop*" iha noodq -not only of Ptyvit. "Hut of ro'intrips! rvt'Aiwns. T?n|+_ ish Tnntor-cn? wol-rprs. ViiiftPrv TnnT|l'|^'Ic. fiiror=?. trin^Tw-f, ooicointinn":!. pt' <*Ip<n fro fwnnTv pv+hfv't-if"* ft''*'s, in '^"t. r.o. /y>r>'"i + 'r|rr + tl r°loiv<lr>r> fi -form r»F tT nT1<'it •r-i,;^ i s ideal for city and suburban pnr-

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