Andreas Flocken (born 6 February 1845 in
Albersweiler
Albersweiler is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Road") district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Annweiler am Trifels.
History
Middle Ages
The village was first mentioned in ...
,
Rheinpfalz; died 29 April 1913 in
Coburg
Coburg () is a town located on the Itz river in the Upper Franconia region of Bavaria, Germany. Long part of one of the Thuringian states of the Wettin line, it joined Bavaria by popular vote only in 1920. Until the revolution of 1918, it ...
) was a German
entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values t ...
and
inventor
An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea or process. An invention may be an improvement upon a machine, product, or process for increasing efficiency or lowering cost. It may also be an entirely new concept. If an ...
.
Life
Until 1868 Flocken worked for German company
Heinrich Lanz AG
Heinrich Lanz AG is a former agricultural machinery manufacturer from Mannheim, Germany. Its tractors were sold bearing the LANZ brand. LANZ won numerous awards at the Strasbourg Agricultural Fair in 1866; namely four Gold, five Silver, and t ...
in
Mannheim
Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...
. Then he worked for company ''Schoppers'' in
Zeulenroda
Zeulenroda-Triebes is a German town in the district of Greiz in the state of Thuringia.
Zeulenroda-Triebes is situated in the south of Greiz in the mountains of the Thuringian Slate Mountains (Thüringer Schiefergebirge), on the border with Sa ...
. Since 1879, Flocken and his family lived in Coburg. In 1880, Flocken started his own company in Coburg.
The
Flocken Elektrowagen of 1888 by German inventor Andreas Flocken is regarded as the first real
electric car
An electric car, battery electric car, or all-electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using only energy stored in batteries. Compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, electric cars are quiet ...
of the world.
Neue Presse Coburg: Elektroauto in Coburg erfunden (German)
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Literature
* Harald Linz, Halwart Schrader: ''Die Internationale Automobil-Enzyklopädie.'' United Soft Media Verlag GmbH, München 2008,
* Halwart Schrader: ''Deutsche Autos 1885–1920.'' Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart,
See also
* History of the electric vehicle
Practical electric vehicles appeared during the 1890s. An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record until around 1900. In the 20th century, the high cost, low top speed, and short-range of battery electric vehicles, compared to int ...
External links
Haag Engineering: Flocken Elektrowagen, Coburg
References
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19th-century German inventors
German electrical engineers
Businesspeople from Mannheim
People from Südliche Weinstraße
People from Coburg
1845 births
1913 deaths
German businesspeople in transport
Engineers from Rhineland-Palatinate