The Ehrhardt was a German
automobile
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manufactured from 1905 until 1924. The company was founded by Gustav Ehrhard, son of
Heinrich Ehrhardt of
Dixi. Its operations were centered at
Zella-St-Blasii and at
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in ...
. Ehrhardts came in two- and four-cylinder models of high quality and price. The largest was a 7956cc four-cylinder which had four-wheel
brake
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s by 1913. After 1918, the factory produced a 40 hp four-cylinder and a 55 hp six-cylinder, both luxury cars with ohc
engine
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Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ...
s.
Ehrhardt was succeeded in 1924 by
Ehrhardt-Szawe.
References
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Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of Germany
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