London Electrobus Company

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The London Electrobus Company, was a bus operator in London that started in 1906 and had to close a couple of years later. The fleet of the company was powered by electricity and batteries, making it a forerunner of today's electrical public buses that are experiencing growth in the early 21th century.

The company used a breaking-edge technology to power its buses and was popular amongst the public for the quiet and clean buses. But speculation and mismanagement led to the downfall of the company.

The history of the company was featured in The Economist's September 2007 edition.

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  • What is this that roareth thus?. The Economist Technology Quarterly. September 8th 2007. pg. 9.


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