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SELLING LIA 2A166 ELECTRIC TRUCK pM it bull and chases the "matador.'' The *wn miking hid a serious purpose: To prove the motility of electnc trucks Utility Lassoes Prospects for Electric Trucks What K normall) the loading area of a warehouse was turned into a colorful hull ring at a revent ~nectric Truck Rodeo**. In addition to the good-natured feeding, vmc fine prospects were lassoed for electnc trucks and allclcctric buildings at the event spon sored by the Union Electric Co. More than 750 perMms attended the rtwleo held on two nights. Il*s purpose was to fantilian/c materialhandling specialists, purchasing agents, riant sujvrintcmlcnts and company officers with the advan tages of electric material-handing Electric Truck Load A cc'V'parison can be made between electric trucks and ether uses of electric .ty. The calculations were made by Bruce fader. manager. techni cal serv.cps of the lead Industries Assn. The association flan* to make a Xit available to utilities which <! show bow to organ.r* promotional events around battery power. A typ>cai industrial truck, in plant service might be represented by a 4.000 lb *ork Mt truck with a battery rated at 36 v, 765 amp hr and drawn down to 30 of full charge in an 8-hr shift. from this 4 can be determined: Kwhr consumed at battery: 36 v a 765 amphr x 1.000 w/kw ' .70 * 19 28 kwhr Typ taJ charger efficiency is 50%. so kwhr drawn from fane 19 28 ^ - * 36-56 kwhr for a typical 8 hr shift per truck Bated on a typical 8 hr. one shift, day and 255 working days a year, on# electric truck would produce 9.833 kwhr a yr. Thu is over two average residential customers and is comparable to electr< heating m a typical home. Or it can be compared to a 100 w light bulb burning continually wh<h Is worth 2 4 kwhr per day. therefore: 38 56 2.4 m 16 bulbs (on a 24 hr basis) or 48 bulbs on the same 8 hr shift m one electric truck equipntent and the all-elec trie build ing. The guests were gisen a short presentation cn the advantages of electric trucks and a docnplion of the wjrchouv wh^ch hjs a number id interesting industrial applications. Moving u> the bull ring, each of the equipment suppliers UenH'fl'trated one *f his urnts. The main event was a hull fight where an electric truck wav decorated to k**k like a bull. A duel with a "matador** proved the truck ' nwbility. f ollow mg the ilcmons'fjtion, the electric trucks were returned 10 the exhibitors* txwihv f he booths were stalled by salesmen who arranged further demonstrations or eiwnptcled sales. Mans attendees toured the alleleetnc. 1S0.IXM vq ft. (X*rsctt W-tvhouse where industrial appli cations using the latest in electric trucks were explained. Also covered in the tours were aica fUxHilighlinf, o*hce anxl warehouse lighting, elec tric heating, infrarvd heating, proc ess heating and air curtain doors. Thirteen eompjmcs prevented more than hO items of electric truck equipment and fisc battery manu facturers exhibited their products. Many exhibitors commented that they ohtjined nuire leads from the show than they hjd from any other recent activity. Distributed By leod Industries Association, Inc. 292 Madison Avonuo New York, N. T. 10017 .f 1 iiiy.n nvn.wTXWi.eu Reprinted frem Morch 9. 1964 luue el (If CttICAl WOklQ i Copyright 19*4. Mr0iow4t.ll. Inc All lights Reserved