Ross Auto Engineering

Ross Auto Engineering was a British manufacturer of milk floats and other battery electric road vehicles.

With the rapid demise of home milk deliveries, production of vehicles ceased in the 1980s, by which time the company had diversified into mobility services, and began trading as Ross Care.

It was 4 feet 1.5 inches (1.257 m) wide, and came fitted with a 2.6 hp (1.9 kW) motor, which was mounted on Metalastic rubber bushes, to reduce shock loads to the transmission system.

The vehicle was extremely manoeuvrable, having a turning circle of only 20 feet (6.1 m), and depending on the gear ratio of the back axle, had a top speed of 8 or 16 miles per hour (13 or 26 km/h).

[5] By 1971, this was available in a number of formats, covered by seven variations of the chassis, and bodywork suitable for use as an ambulance, delivery van, general-purpose vehicle, interworks transporter, milk float, mobile shop, and refuse loader.

Besides the Stallion, they also manufactured minibuses, general purpose vans, platform trucks, ambulances, and dairy vehicles suitable for payloads up to 3 long tons.

A Helecs 10 Rider Pram on display at The Transport Museum, Wythall . These vehicles were officially built by Ross Auto Engineering, but carried chassis plates for Helecs Vehicles Ltd.