Cleveland Electric Vehicle Company

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Cuyahoga Motor Car Company
Cleveland Electric Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1911
Seat Cleveland , Ohio , USA
management
  • JL Smith
  • MO Smith
Branch Automobiles

Cleveland Electric Vehicle Company , previously Cuyahoga Motor Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Cuyahoga Motor Car Company was based in Cleveland , Ohio . JL Smith and MO Smith ran the company. They announced the production of electric cars in October 1908 . At first only a prototype was created . In May 1909, the name was changed to Cleveland Electric Vehicle Company . Now taxis were planned. At the end of 1909 the production of passenger cars began . The brand name was Cleveland , possibly with the addition of Electric . Raymond B. Doty was the designer. Vehicle production ended in 1910. Batteries were made until 1911.

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer. Their electric motors developed 3.5 hp . They had six forward gears. The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm , Runabout , Victoria and Coupé are recorded , but no taxis.

Overview of car brands from the US, the Cleveland include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Cleveland Sperry Engineering Company 1898 1900 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland General Automobile & Manufacturing Company 1902 1902 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Cleveland Automobile Company (from 1902) 1902 1904 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Cleveland Motor Car Company 1905 1909 New York City, New York
Cleveland Cleveland Electric Vehicle Company 1909 1910 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Cleveland Cyclecar Company 1914 1914 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Cleveland Automobile Company (from 1919) 1919 1926 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland three-wheeler American Bicycle Company 1900 1901 Cleveland, Ohio

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. 343 (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. 316. (English)

Individual evidence

  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. 343 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 316. (English)