British marque of milk floats and other battery electric road vehicles
Sidney Holes Electric Vehicles
1950s Sidney Holes Manulectric pedestrian-controlled van, originally used by Royal Mail
Trade name
Manulectric
Industry
Commercial Vehicles
Founded
1940s
Defunct
1972
Fate
Sold
Successor
Morrison-Electricar
Headquarters
Brighton, England
Products
Milk float
Footnotes / references
Many Manulectric vehicles were classified by their payload, which was measured in hundredweights, and this usage has been retained in the article. A hundredweight is one twentieth of a long ton or 51kg, and is abbreviated to "cwt".
Manulectric was a British marque of milk floats and other battery electric road vehicles. The vehicles were made by Sidney Holes Electric Vehicles, of Brighton, Sussex. They were designed out of Holes' experience of doorstep milk delivery, through Holes and Davigdor Dairies. Both pedestrian controlled vehicles (PCVs) and ride-on models were produced, and entered the market around 1947. The company was bought by Stanley Engineering in the 1960s, and sold to Crompton Electricars in 1972. Some Manulectric models were subsequently manufactured by Harbilt Electric Trucks. At least four Manulectric vehicles have survived, and are privately preserved.
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