High Output Level Continues
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CEBRUARY'S output of commercial /. vehicles maintained the high weekly average set up in the previous month. The total for February was 15,648, or an average of 3,912 per week, compared with 15,780, or. 3,945 per week, in January. Of February's production, 7,723 vehicles were for the home market, and 7,925 for export.
An analysis of the output during February shows that 6,525 vehicles had a carrying capacity of under 15 cwt.; 7,234, 15 cwt. to 6 tons; 576 over 6 tons; 1,118 were motorbuses and troIleybuses; and 195 were battery-electrics, excluding pedestrian-controlled delivery vans.
In the first two months of the year, 31,414 commercial vehicles were manufactured, of which 15,886 went to the home market and 15,528 were for
export. Production by classes was a! follows:--Under 15 cwt., 12,677. 15 cwt. to 6 tons, 15,018; over 6 tons• 1,04; motorbuses and trolleybuses 2,159; and battery-electrics, 406.
The Monthly Statistical Review, published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, now includes details of the production of works trucks. Output for January comprised 303 units, of which 97 were fork-lift models, and 206 were of other types, including pedestrian-controlled. Of the month's production, 180 machines were for home use and 123 were for overseas markets.
A summary shows that 5,206 works trucks were produced in 1948, 1,505 of them being fork-lift types, and 3,701 of other descriptions.