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Electric vehicle census article

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Extract from a leading publication:


"A census of all types of commercial motor vehicle in use in Great Britain shows only 693 electrically propelled.

More text about weight of vehicles too long to type out here


It would appear that charging difficulties constitute the principal factor which has deterred potential users from purchasing this type of vehicle. This difficulty, however, is readily overcome by anyone owning a fleet of electric vehicles installing his own charging set in the absence of sufficient encouragement from the local electricity supply company."


It looks as if the provision of charge points is not a recent obstacle............


Any guesses as to the exact date of this prophetic article?


A prize you ask? Having gone through my test kit this weekend, I must have thought I hadn't got something to check compliance with 643.9 on several/many occasions over the decades, so have several spare ones with R Y B leads.......... 


Regards


BOD/BID/BED


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  • my guess is some time around the early 1900s  - for the whole country 693 is a very low number, and

    Mr Bersleys briefly successful electric taxi service in London was launched in 1897

    Mike
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  • my guess is some time around the early 1900s  - for the whole country 693 is a very low number, and

    Mr Bersleys briefly successful electric taxi service in London was launched in 1897

    Mike
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