The collection consists of material relating to electric vehicles and electric vehicle propulsion systems, and electric vehicles developed by a range of manufacturers.
Manufacturers include:
- Ford (Comuta)
- Scottish Aviation (Scamp)
- General Motors (Electrovan and Electrovair)
- Saunders Electric Vehicles Ltd
- Lansing Bagnall Limited
- Peel Engineering (Trident scooter)
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Markette)
- Tube Investments Ltd
The collection comprises three sections: Research and reports; Electric vehicles; and Electric power systems.