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Electric Platform Truck, Lumber Yard, 1930

Black and white photograph of a flat-bed industrial vehicle in a lumber yard, with stacks of wood in sheds in the background.

Collection of Charlie Beesley

During the 1930s and 1940s, many former electric vehicle manufacturers and battery companies pivoted to the development of industrial vehicles, including platform trucks. Industrial vehicles usually required high power and low top speeds, and needed only short range – all roles well suited to electrics.