Silent electric car for cities – archive

(The Guardian, 29 Sep 2016) 29 September 1971: The Electricity Council says that electric cars are clean, silent, reliable, and make a valuable contribution to reducing pollution.

Electric city cars could be in mass production and on the streets of Britain by 1973 if manufacturers and the Government gave a lead to their development, the Electricity Council said yesterday when it released details of the Enfield 8000, a vehicle capable of 40 mph and a range of 60 miles on one charge.

But both the council and Enfield, who have been given an order for 80 vehicles, admit that it is unlikely to boost the exploitation of electric cars unless the motor industry drops its obsession with the internal combustion engine.

The Enfield 8000 is being promoted by the Electricity Council which acts for the electricity boards of England and Wales. It says that electric cars are clean, silent, reliable, and make a valuable contribution to reducing pollution.

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The Guardian, 29 Sep 2016: Silent electric car for cities – archive