here is a selected quote about electric trucks:
But recall that GMC offered a full line of electric trucks—“operated by Edison current”—in 1913.
These were designed by John M. Lansden, who had run an electric car company in Newark, New Jersey, as early as 1904.
Bought out by Edison himself in 1908, Lansden made electric ambulances and taxicabs, buses and brewery wagons.
The company stumbled financially and Lansden left to run electric truck development for GMC.
By 1911, there were eight models of heavy-duty commercial electric trucks available under GMC’s “Rapid” nameplate.
it is a relatively short article:
www.smithsonianmag.com
But recall that GMC offered a full line of electric trucks—“operated by Edison current”—in 1913.
These were designed by John M. Lansden, who had run an electric car company in Newark, New Jersey, as early as 1904.
Bought out by Edison himself in 1908, Lansden made electric ambulances and taxicabs, buses and brewery wagons.
The company stumbled financially and Lansden left to run electric truck development for GMC.
By 1911, there were eight models of heavy-duty commercial electric trucks available under GMC’s “Rapid” nameplate.
it is a relatively short article:
The Rugged History of the Pickup Truck
At first, it was all about hauling things we needed. Then the vehicle itself became the thing we wanted