Ayrton & Perry Electric Tricycle
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| Production period: | 1882 |
| Class : | Light vehicle |
| Body versions : | Phaeton |
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Electric motor : approx. 0.37 kW |
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The Ayrton & Perry Electric Tricycle is an electric tricycle . It was built by the two English professors William Edward Ayrton and John Perry a few months after the world's first electric vehicle , the Trouvé Tricycle . In October 1882 they drove with this for the first time on Queen Victoria Street in London.
description
Ayrton and Perry used a tricycle from Howe Machine Company of Glasgow for their electric vehicle. This had two large wheels on the front axle and a small wheel at the rear, the engine had an output of around 0.37 kilowatts, i.e. around 0.5 hp. The traction batteries of Camille Alphonse Faure had a capacity of one kilowatt-hour and a voltage of 20 volts. In some cases, cells from Sellon-Volckmar were also used. The accumulators were arranged on a board under the bench.
The speed was regulated by switching the ten battery cells on and off individually. This vehicle had a range of up to 40 kilometers and reached a top speed of around 14 km / h. In addition, unlike Trouvès' vehicle, it no longer had any pedals and was therefore completely dependent on the electric drive. The Ayrton & Perry Tricycle is the first vehicle with electric light.
The reconstruction from 2011
The foundation board of the Museum Autovision , Horst Schultz , made it his task with his museum workshop team to rebuild the Ayrton & Perry Electric Tricycle, of which the original apparently no longer exists, ready to drive. This reconstruction is exhibited in the Autovision Museum.
Replica in the Autovision Museum, with some deviations from the original
Side view of the replica
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b The Telegraph Journal and Electrical Review on October 28, 1882
- ^ The Wheelman Vol II , April-September 1883
- ^ The electric car: development and future of battery, hybrid and fuel-cell cars by Michael Hereward Westbrook, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers
- ^ Museum Autovision: The world's first electric car drives again , 2011.