Magnus Volk FII (1851–1937) was a British-German inventor and pioneering electrical engineer.

[2] He also built another short-lived line, similar to the VER, in the pleasure grounds at Aston Hall, Birmingham.

[1] In 1887 he attracted attention in Brighton by building a three-wheeled electric carriage powered by an Immisch motor.

In 1888 he built another electric car, this time a four-wheeled carriage which was made to the order of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire,[3] for which he was awarded an Order of Osmali, presented to Magnus by the Sultan in person whilst in Constantinople.

[4] Magnus Volk was the son of a German clockmaker and was born on 19 October 1851 in Brighton.