Ford Comuta Electric Car

Made:: 1967 in Essex

maker:: Ford

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Ford Comuta electric car, 1967

Ford UK designed the Comuta in the 1960s as a non-polluting car for urban and suburban motoring. Powered by four 12-volt 85 amp lead batteries, when fully charged the car had a range of 60 kilometres at a speed of 40 km/h and was capable of a maximum speed of 60 km/h. As an experimental car only two Comutas were made, designed and built at Ford’s Dunton Technical Centre, near Laindon.

Details

Category:: Road Transport

Object Number:: 1971-476/1

Materials:: metal (unknown) and plastic (unidentified)

Measurements:: overall: 1560 mm x 1370 mm x 2080 mm,

type:: car

credit:: Ford Motor Co. Ltd.

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