Argo Electric Vehicle Company

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Argo Electric Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1910
resolution 1916
Seat Saginaw , Michigan , USA
Branch Automobiles

Argo Electric Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Saginaw , Michigan in 1910 . Fred Buck, Theodore Huss, Benton Hanchett, Otto Schupp and Albert M. Marshall were involved. The company faced issues related to the acquired Sommer Brothers Match Company assets . This delayed the start of automobile production until 1912. The brand name was Argo , possibly also Argo Electric . The first public presentation was in January 1912 at the New York Automobile Show . 300 vehicles are said to have been sold by 1913. For the reasons mentioned, commercial vehicles were not added until 1913 . In January 1914, the Broc Electric Vehicle Company and the Borland-Grannis Company merged to form the American Electric Car Company . The brand names of all three companies remained unchanged, but all vehicles were now manufactured in Saginaw. Production ended in 1916. In November 1916, Columbia Motors Company took over the assets, and in particular the NACC license, which allowed them to participate in the national automobile shows. The Saginaw Motor Company , manufacturer of the Yale Eight and later the Nelson Motor Truck Company , manufacturer of the jumbo truck, then occupied the plant.

vehicles

Passenger cars

Argo Brougham from 1912

Only high-quality electric cars were on offer . The engine power of their electric motors has not been handed down. It was driven by a cardan shaft . 1912 there was only the Model A . It had a 279 cm wheelbase , which according to the company was the longest wheelbase of an electric car on the US market. The only body shape was a closed brougham with five seats.

From 1913 to 1914 the range consisted of three models. Model A was a Brougham and Model B was a roadster , both with 276 cm wheelbase. The Model C as a sedan had a wheelbase of 279 cm.

The same models existed from 1915 to 1916. Your new price was lower than before.

commercial vehicles

There were commercial vehicles with payloads of 0.5 and 1.0 shillings. tn. (450 or 900 kg). Argo used batteries with 40 cells and also cardan drive. With a 100 inch (254 cm) wheelbase , these trucks were among the longest electric vehicles on the market.

Overview of passenger cars

year model Wheelbase (cm) construction
1912 Model A 279 Brougham
1913-1914 Model A 276 Brougham
1913-1914 Model B 276 Roadster
1913-1914 Model C 279 limousine
1915-1916 Model A 305 Brougham
1915-1916 Model B 305 Roadster
1915-1916 Model C 305 limousine

Model overview commercial vehicles

year model Wheelbase (cm) payload construction
1913-1916 Model K-10 254 450 kg Express , stake truck, van
1913-1916 Model K-20 254 900 kg Express, stake truck, van

A stake truck is a flatbed truck with loading bars instead of side panels.

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. 62 (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. 65. (English)
  • Albert Mroz: Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles. Krause Publications, Iola WI, 1996; ISBN 0-87341-368-7 .
  • GN Georgano (Ed.), G. Marshall Naul: Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles. MBI Motor Books International, Osceola WI, 1979; ISBN 0-87341-024-6 .
  • John A. Gunnell (Ed.): Standard Catalog of American Light Duty Trucks, 1896-1986. MBI Motor Books International, Osceola WI, 2nd edition, 1993; ISBN 0-87341-238-9 .

Web links

Commons : Argo 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. 62 (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. 65. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Mroz: Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles (1996), p. 19.
  4. ^ A b Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Light Duty Trucks, 1896-1986. 1993, p. 667.