ELECTRIC ROADSTER. A real baby car made its appearance at the ’ animal Electric Truck Show in New York last month. It was a two r pasisenger electric roadster, weighing only 2001 b, with a wheelbase of 62in. Its designers assert that it will give practical service in city or country, as its standard storage battery will drive it for 20 to 30 miles—depending on the road surface—on a single charge. The chassis is of the buckboard type, and its wire wheels are fitted with oversize tyres. An electric motor, similar to the starting motor of a petrol-driven car, drives the rear wheel by a gear train. Foot pedals operate the two-speed motor cont-01, and both sets of brakes. An unusual feature is a device which cuts off the supply of electric current and locks the emergency brake.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 4 June 1927, Page 14
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