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[shep-shepherd.livejournal.com]

An interesting and distinctive (I like the wolf aspect) World War Two-era advertisement from Britain for electrically-powered commercial vehicles made by A. E. Morrison & Sons of London, which were said to be cheaper to run than conventional vehicles, unaffected by petrol restrictions, and were readily available to those with a 'proved need'. I bet they were expensive to buy, though:



Incidentally, Morrisons are still in operation, although they haven't been an independent company for some time.

Comments

[misstia]

wow...i didn't know electrics were that old! looks like a box on wheels though...

[shep-shepherd.livejournal.com]

Apparently, electric vehicles were more popular than those with internal combustion engines before World War 1 :)

[misstia]

really? learn something everyday!! i knew that steam engines were popular before WWI, but never knew electric!

thanks! :)

[shep-shepherd.livejournal.com]

I think they fell out of widespread use as they weren't practical to use on battlefields, due to their short range and nothing available to charge their batteries.