Abstract :
The recent discovery of a new element making possible much lighter storage batteries, as reported late in March from Vienna, Austria, will, when perfected for commercial use, broaden the transportation field now served by the storage battery truck. It is said that the new element is one-fifth the weight of lead and surpasses the lead accumulators now used in storage batteries in both capacity and power. That electricity is playing an important role in transportation is evidenced by the many, installations of the electric truck for industrial plant hauling and city delivery service.
