Cantono Avantreni

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Eugenio Cantono SA (1900–1903)
Cantono Avantreni SA (1904–1906)
legal form Spa
founding 1900
resolution 1906
Seat Rome , Italy
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Eugenio Cantono SA , later Cantono Avantreni SA , was an Italian manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Eugenio Cantono founded the company that bore his name in Rome in 1900 to manufacture automobiles. In 1903 the company went bankrupt . Cantono Avantreni SA was established in 1904. The brand name was Cantono . In 1906 it became the Fabbrica Rotabili Avantreni Motori , which was based in Genoa .

vehicles

The company manufactured vehicles with electric motors. There were models A as Avant-Trains , which were harnessed to non-motorized vehicles, and Tourisme as complete vehicles. The accumulators were mounted above the axle , later covered with a hood that resembled the hood of gasoline cars.

Licensing

From 1904 to 1907, the Cantono Electric Tractor Company of Marion , New Jersey, manufactured Cantono automobiles under license .

Engine deliveries

Officine Galileo from Florence used Cantono engines to power its vehicles between 1900 and 1904.

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