Chicago Electric Motor Car Company

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Chicago Electric Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1912
resolution 1916
Reason for dissolution Acquisition by the Detroit Electric Car Company
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

Chicago Electric Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Several people who previously worked for the Woods Motor Vehicle Company founded the company in Chicago , Illinois in 1912 . Frederick J. Newman (1878-1914) was president, CJ Blakeslee chief engineer, and Penrose Reed sales director. They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Chicago , possibly with the addition of Electric . Production ended in 1916.

People from the Detroit Electric Car Company took over the company.

There were no affiliations with any of the other Chicago and Chicago Electric branded vehicle manufacturers: Chicago Motor Vehicle Company , Chicago Motocycle Company , Chicago Automobile Manufacturing Company, and Chicago Electric Vehicle Company .

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer . Electric motors drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft .

In 1913 there were two models. The No. 131 had a wheelbase of 244 cm . Its structure was called a front-drive brougham and was a brougham in which the driver sat in front. The No. 132 had a longer chassis with a 264 cm wheelbase. The driver sat in the rear of the rear drive brougham . This seating arrangement was not unusual for electric cars at the time.

In 1914 No. 141 and No. 142 with no known changes.

The numbering was abandoned from 1915 to 1916. On the short chassis there was now a Rear-Drive Brougham and a Cabriolet - Roadster . A sedan called the front-drive sedan was based on the long chassis.

From 1916 there was the option to buy the vehicles without batteries and instead rent the batteries from the Rental Battery Company for a monthly fee. This rental company was dissolved at the end of 1916.

A particularly decorated vehicle was exhibited at the Chicago Automobile Show in 1914 . This was a gift from local Catholics to Pope Pius X. It is unclear whether this vehicle arrived at the Vatican.

Model overview

year model Wheelbase (cm) construction
1913 No. 131 244 Front-Drive Brougham
1913 No. 132 264 Rear-Drive Brougham
1914 No. 141 244 Front-Drive Brougham
1914 No. 142 264 Rear-Drive Brougham
1915-1916 244 Rear-Drive Brougham
1915-1916 244 Cabriolet roadster
1915-1916 264 Front-drive sedan

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. 304 (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. 282. (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. 304 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 282. (English)
  3. ↑ a b Information on Frederick J. Newman (English, accessed November 4, 2017)