3,795 Vehicles a Week, in April
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A LTHOOGH the production of
British commercial vehicles in April fell short of the record of 4,163 vehicles a week set up in March, it was still substantial at the rate of 3,795 a week. A marked rise tpok place in the output of battery-electric vehicles, the weekly average having risen from 40 during the first quarter of the year to 70 in April.
During the four-week period of April, 15,179 vehicles were manufactured, of which 7,113 were for "export• and8,066 for the home market.. Production by classes was as follows:Under 15 cwt., 6,477; 15 cwt. to 6 tons, 6,672; .over 6 tons,. 566; -motorbuses
and trolleybuses, 1,185, and batteryelectrics (excluding prams), 279.
During four months ended April, 67,420 vehicles were produced, of which 33,288 were for overseas and 34,132 for home service. Vehicles under 15-cwt. capacity numbered 28,208; 15 cwt. to 6 tons, 31,211; over 6 tons, 2,398; motorbuses and trolleybuses, 4,791, and battery-electrics (exoluding prams), 812.
These figures have been published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, which also states that during March, 517 Works trucks were manufactured. Export markets took 118 of them and home users 399. In the first three months of the year, 1,157 works trucks were made, of which 376 went overseas and 781 were retained for home use.
I. OF T. FUNCTIONS
THE Institute of Transport will hold I. its anniversary luncheon at the Connaught Rooms, London, W.C.2, on November 1. The annual dinner will be held there on March 17, 1950.