BMA

Brothers Eric and Roy Hazeldine developed a compact rear-engined petrol prototype in Sussex before joining the Battery Manufacturing Association at Hove, which adapted their Hazelcar concept to battery power in 1951. Vehicles carried the BMA badge as the company successively became B.M.A. & Electrical Equipment Co., Gates & Pearson Ltd. and Electric Motors (Hove) Ltd. The open aluminium two-seater used nine six-volt batteries, a 1.5 or 2 hp four-pole motor and four-speed transmission, yielding about 20 mph and up to 60 miles of range. Its £535 price prevented volume success. Sources conflict sharply between seven total vehicles and approximately twenty-five including electric vans; the catalog records both the Hazelcar and confirmed van derivative while leaving the total unresolved. Production ended in 1957.

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