From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Questioning the satisfaction with Exide batteries and proposing a switch to a French-made alternative.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 46\3\ Scan033 | |
| Date | 3rd November 1921 guessed | |
| - 2 - 1. Are you convinced that the Exide batteries now being supplied by the Exide people are giving every satisfaction. 2. In view of the tremendous reduction in price and as the batteries which are made for us in France are almost identical in construction, and certainly not inferior to the Exide Batteries, would you permit us to go ahead and supply these batteries in place of the Exide batteries which you furnish? Ps. Consequently we should expect you to send us chassis less batteries. Ps. l | ||