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Clinton E. Woods (automobile)
Woods Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of electric vehicle, electric automobiles in Chicago, Illinois, between 1899 and 1916. In 1915 they produced the Dual Power (U.S. Patent # 1244045) with both electric and internal combustion engines which continued until 1918. The company was started by Clinton Edgar Woods who literally "wrote the first book on electric vehicles." The 1904 ''Woods Stanhope'' was a stanhope body, stanhope model. It could seat 2 passengers and sold for USD, US$1800. Twin electric motors, situated at the rear of the car, produced 2.5 hp (1.9 kW) each. The car weighed 2650 lb (1202 kg) with a 40 cell battery. The 1904 ''Woods Victoria'' was a carriage-styled model. It could seat 2 passengers and sold for USD, US$1900. The same twin electric motors as the Stanhope were used, though a 4-speed Transmission (mechanics), transmission was fitted. The car weighed . Forty-cell batteries were also used, with an top speed. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinton Edgar Woods
Clinton Edgar Woods (February 7, 1863 – December 19, 1927) was an Electrical engineering, electrical and mechanical engineering, mechanical engineer, inventor, List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States, manufacturer of automobiles in Chicago and New York City.Sophia Smith (1903) ''Mack genealogy. The descendants of John Mack of Lyme, Conn., with appendix containing genealogy of allied family''. p. 332 He was the author of one of the first books on electric vehicles, and an early management author.Yehouda Shenhav, Yehouda A. Shenhav (2002). ''Manufacturing Rationality: The Engineering Foundations of the Managerial Revolution''. Oxford University Press. p. 221 Biography Woods was born in Belchertown, Massachusetts, where his father was a coachbuilder.Gijs Mom (2004) ''The Electric Vehicle: Technology and Expectations in the Automobile Age'' p. 29 "At early age he was left orphan and obligated to earn a living and acquire an education." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Electric (1899 Automobile)
The American Electric was an American automobile manufactured in Chicago from 1899 to 1902 and Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1902. The company was incorporated by Clinton Edgar Woods in 1895Halliday Witherspoon (1902) ''Men of Illinois'' p. 52 as American Electric Vehicle Co. Chicago, and merged with Indiana Bicycle Co. to become Waverly in 1898Car Companies on earlyelectric.com. Accessed May 7, 2013 and later Pope-Waverley. on earlyelectric.com. Accessed May 7, 2013 The company built a wide range of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riker Electric Vehicle Company
The Riker was a Antique car#Veteran Era, veteran and brass era electric car founded in 1898 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Designed by Andrew L. Riker, they were built in small numbers until the company was absorbed by the Electric Vehicle Company in 1901. History Andrew Riker built his first vehicle in 1887. It was an English Coventry tricycle with electric power. He founded the Riker Electric Motor Company in Brooklyn in 1888. In 1894 he built his first four-wheel car by putting a pair of Remington bicycles together with electric power added. That year he also began building an electric racer which competed against gasoline cars at the 1896 Narragansett Park race in Rhode Island. ''Scientific American'' reported the Riker Electric Motor Company, of Brooklyn, N. Y., as the winner of the horseless carriage race, the prize being $900. The fastest mile was made by the Riker, "the time being 2:13." This was the first automobile race done around a track in the United States. Rike ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menominee (automobile)
The Menominee was an electric automobile built in Menominee, Michigan by the Menominee Electric Manufacturing Company in 1915. History Menominee Electric Manufacturing Company mainly built electric motors, telephones and electric appliances. Menominee controlled Dudly Tool Company, makers of the Dudly Bug cyclecar and used that experience to develop a light electric cabriolet. The cabriolet had a 108-inch wheelbase, with a top speed of 20 mph and a range of 50–60 miles on each charge. A price of $1,250 also included a recharging kit for the battery. Production had started in July 1915, but had ended by the end of the year. The planned production quota of 125 electric automobiles was not reached; unsold Menominees were rebranded as the Dudly Electric and offered for less than $1,000. See also *List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers *History of the electric vehicle Crude electric carriages were invented in the late 1820s and 1830s. Practical, comme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grinnell (automobile)
The Grinnell was an American electric car manufactured in Detroit, Michigan by the Grinnell Electric Car Company from 1910 to 1913. The Grinnell was a five-seater closed coupe that sat on a wheelbase. The company claimed to have a range per charge. The vehicle cost $2,800 (). For comparison, Ford Model F of 1905 and the were both $2000 (). See also *History of the electric vehicle Crude electric carriages were invented in the late 1820s and 1830s. Practical, commercially available electric vehicles appeared during the 1890s. An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record until around 1900. In the early 20th c ... References * Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Electric vehicles introduced in the 20th century Cars introduced in 1910 Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1910 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1913 1910 establishments in Michigan Defunct manuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Electric
The Detroit Electric was an electric car produced by the Anderson Electric Car Company in Detroit, Michigan. The company built 13,000 electric cars from 1907 to 1939. The marque was revived in 2008 by Albert Lam, former Group CEO of the Lotus Engineering Group and executive director of Lotus Cars of England. to produce modern all-electric cars by Detroit Electric. History Anderson had previously been known as the Anderson Carriage Company (until 1911), producing carriages and buggies since 1884. Production of the electric automobile, powered by a rechargeable lead acid battery, began in 1907. For an additional , an Edison nickel-iron battery was available from 1911 to 1916. The cars were advertised as reliably getting between battery recharging, although in one test a Detroit Electric ran on a single charge. Top speed was around , this was normal average top speed for cars at the time of release in 1907 and was relatively slow by 1939. In 1909, around 600 vehicles were pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayton Electric
The Dayton Electric was an American electric car manufactured in Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metro ..., from 1911 until 1915; the company offered a complex range of vehicles. References * Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Defunct companies based in Dayton, Ohio Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Ohio Cars introduced in 1911 {{brass-auto-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Automobile Company
Columbia was an American brand of automobiles produced by a group of companies in the United States. They included the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut, the Electric Vehicle Company, and an entity of brief existence in 1899, the Columbia Automobile Company. In 1908, the company was renamed the Columbia Motor Car Company and in 1910 was acquired by United States Motor Company. A different Columbia Motors existed from 1917 to 1924. Electric models The 1904 'Columbia Brougham' was equipped with a tonneau. It could seat four passengers and sold for . Twin electric motors were situated at the rear of the car. Similar 'Columbia' coupes, 'Columbia Hansom' cabs, or hansoms, were also produced for the same price. They could achieve . A 'Columbia Victoria Phaeton' was priced at , but was based on the same design. The 'Columbia Surrey' and 'Columbia Victoria' were more traditional horseless carriages. Both used the same power system as the larger cars, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Century (automobile)
The Century was an early American electric car produced by the Century Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan from 1911 to 1913. The Century had an underslung chassis, tiller-operated steering, and the option of either solid or pneumatic tires. Its electrical speed controller offered a choice of six-speeds, and the series-wound Westinghouse motor was geared directly to the rear axle An axle or axletree is a central shaft for a rotation, rotating wheel and axle, wheel or gear. On wheeled vehicles, the axle may be fixed to the wheels, rotating with them, or fixed to the vehicle, with the wheels rotating around the axle. In .... Century Motor Company was renamed to the Century Electric Car Company from 1913 to 1915. References * External links Century Electric photo 1921. Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Detroit Electric vehicles introduced in the 20th century Defunct manufacturing companies based in Detroit Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company
The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company was an American electric car manufacturing company from 1912 until 1915 located at 1219-1247 Main Street in Buffalo, New York. The motorcars were marked under the Buffalo brand. The company was formed by a merger of several electrical vehicle and allied companies which included: * Babcock Electric Carriage Company (whose founder Francis A. Babcock became Buffalo's president) *Van Wagoner whose trucks were continued by the new company *The Buffalo Automobile Station Company * Buffalo Electric Carriage Company *The Clark Motor Company History The company's automobiles were commonly marketed to affluent women as an alternative to the dangerous manual crank starting that was required with a gasoline vehicle. The company went out of business in 1916. The building has been redeveloped as home to "Artspace Buffalo." The company's factory and showroom was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binghamton Electric
The Binghamton Electric was an American automobile manufactured only in 1920. An electric car from Binghamton, New York, the car was made probably as a prototype, by the Binghamton Electric Truck Co., located at 250, Main street. Not more than two or three two-passenger coupes were produced. The company built a small number of electric trucks in 1920–1921. See also *List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers *History of the electric vehicle Other Early Electric Vehicles * American Electric * Argo Electric * Babcock Electric Carriage Company * Berwick * Buffalo Electric *Century *Columbia Automobile Company *Dayton Electric *Detroit Electric * Grinnell *Menominee *Rauch and Lang The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company was an American electric automobile manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1905 to 1920 and Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, from 1920 to 1932. History The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company was incorporated in 1884 ... * Riker Electric References *David B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berwick (automobile)
The Berwick was an electric car manufactured in Grand Rapids, Michigan, by the Berwick Auto Car Company in 1904. The Berwick was an electric two-seater runabout selling for $750. It had three speed positions, was tiller operated, and had a top speed of . See also *List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers *History of the electric vehicle Other Early Electric Vehicles * American Electric * Argo Electric * Babcock Electric Carriage Company *Binghamton Electric * Buffalo Electric *Century *Columbia Automobile Company *Dayton Electric *Detroit Electric * Grinnell *Menominee *Rauch and Lang The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company was an American electric automobile manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1905 to 1920 and Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, from 1920 to 1932. History The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company was incorporated in 1884 ... * Riker Electric References * Electric vehicles introduced in the 20th century Veteran vehicles Defunct motor vehicle man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
