Chicago Electric Vehicle Company

Chicago Electric Vehicle Company
legal form	Company
founding	1899
resolution	1901
Seat	Chicago , Illinois , USA
management	William G. Beale; Edward L. Brewster; Samuel Insull;
Branch	Automobiles

Chicago Electric Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

William G. Beale, Edward L. Brewster and Samuel Insull founded the company in the spring of 1899. The headquarters were in Chicago , Illinois and the factory in Faribault , Minnesota . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Chicago Electric . Production ended in 1901.

The company should not be confused with the Chicago Electric Motor Car Company , which also operated in Chicago a few years later.

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer . Vehicles with the bodies runabout , brougham , dogcart and taxis were intended . In fact, only taxis emerged. Some were used in Chicago.

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).

Individual evidence

↑ 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).

[Kimes-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. 304 (English).