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All this combined to lead to a decline in popularity of the Tilling-Stevens' and other Petrol Electric systems.

Many men were trained to drive during the War on vehicles with conventional gearboxes and developments in gearbox design made their vehicles quieter, more reliable and lighter, resulting in better economy. The low-mounted electrical items were considered vulnerable. Tilling-Stevens Motors Ltd was obliged to consolidate its position with bus operators during World War I because the Army considered their petrol-electric chassis were not suitable for use in France.

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According to the website of the Transport Museum Wythall the simpler to operate petrol-electric transmission was popular among bus drivers rather than the conventional crash gearbox (in the days before synchromesh) as few bus staff had previously driven motor vehicles. The ease of driving and soundness of construction of these vehicles soon led to the company supplying chassis to many bus operators in the UK, and several abroad as well. September 1922 it shows a petrol-electric Tilling-Stevens busĪn arrangement was agreed with a large bus operator, Thomas Tilling, who wanted to produce their own vehicles named Tilling-Stevens.

With Tilling-Stevens Ltd, Improved Means of Control for Petrol Electric Vehicles įrancis Edwin Brown was a son of David Brown, of David Brown Ltd.

With Victor Snow Robinson, Improvements in and connected with the Electric Lighting of Vehicles.

With Francis Edwin Brown, Improvements in and relating to Worm Drive for Mechanically Propelled Vehicles.

With William Arthur Stevens, Worm drive for vehicles.

Percival Harry Frost-Smith was Managing Director of Tilling-Stevens Ltd in 1915/1916 and he obtained several patents for improvements to motor vehicles between 19.

Stevens also patented a system for converting conventional petrol buses for either battery-electric or petrol-electric propulsion, patent GB190820210.

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A petrol engine was connected to an electrical generator and the current produced passed to a traction motor which drove the rear wheels. Stevens was established in Maidstone in 1897 by William Arthur Stevens and had by 1906 built its first petrol-electric vehicle using designs patented by Percival (Percy) Frost-Smith.