American Electric Vehicle Company

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American Electric Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1896
resolution 1902
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat New York City , New York , USA
management J. Herbert Ballantine
Branch Automobiles

American Electric Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Chicago , Illinois in 1896 . In that year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was American Electric . In 1896 the mail order company Montgomery Ward ordered two vehicles which they used for advertising purposes. Until 1899 there was a collaboration with the Elgin Sewing Machine and Bicycle Company . In 1900 the company moved to New York City under the direction of J. Herbert Ballantine and had a plant in Hoboken , New Jersey . Bankruptcy began in October 1902 . In November 1902 the company was sold.

vehicles

American Electric Dos-A-Dos (1900)

Only electric cars were on offer . An electric motor drove the vehicles. From 1896 to 1899 there were two and four-seat runabouts . For the period from 1900 to 1902, 21 different structures are named. Are Narrated Road Buggy , Stanhope , Golf Trap , Surrey , Brake four and six seats, Victoria , Brougham with four and six seats, Hansom , bus with eight seats, Emergency and Light Delivery as a commercial vehicle .

Model overview

year construction
1896-1899 Two-Seater Runabout, Four-Seater Runabout
1900-1902 Road Buggy, Stanhope, Golf Trap, Surrey, Four-Seater Brake, Six-Seater Brake, Victoria, Four-Seater Brougham, Six-Seater Brougham, Hansom, Eight-Seater Omnibus, Emergency, Light Delivery

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 39-40 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 50. (English)

Web links

Commons : American Electric Vehicle Company  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 39-40 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 50. (English)