Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company

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Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1912
resolution 1915
Seat Buffalo , New York , USA
management Frank A. Babcock
Branch Automobiles

The company's building, photographed in 2015

Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frank A. Babcock founded the company in 1906. In addition, he took over the Babcock Electric Carriage Company . Another source states that the company was formed through a merger of Babcock Electric Carriage Company, Clark Automobile Company, and Buffalo Automobile Station Company . The headquarters were in Buffalo , New York, United States . He manufactured automobiles until 1915. The brand name was Buffalo . John Wanamaker sold vehicles in Pennsylvania and New York City .

There were no affiliations with Buffalo Automobile & Auto-Bi Company , Buffalo Electric Carriage Company, and Buffalo Gasoline Motor Company , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

The company made electric cars. Following the trend, they looked like vehicles with petrol engines .

From 1912 to 1914 there were three body styles. The Model 20 was a roadster , the Model 30 a coupe, and the Model 30 B a Brougham .

In 1915 there was only one coupé in the range, the Model 36 .

Model overview

year model construction
1912-1914 Model 20 Roadster
1912-1914 Model 30 Coupe
1912-1914 Model 30 B Brougham
1915 Model 36 Coupe

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. 159-160 (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. 210. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 159-160 (English).
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 210. (English)