Compagnie Française des Voitures Électromobiles

Compagnie Française des Voitures Électromobiles
legal form
founding	1900
resolution	1907
Seat	Paris , France
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

The Compagnie Française des Voitures Électromobiles was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Paris-based company began producing automobiles in 1900. The brand names were Cardinet and Cardina . Production ended in 1907.

vehicles

Brand name Cardinet

This brand name was used for electric cars between 1900 and 1906 . Electric motors provided the drive . Initially the batteries were mounted below the frame, from 1901 above. There was a choice between open and closed bodies . Among them was a Landaulet with front-wheel drive and a hansom cab in which two motors drives the rear wheels.

Brand name Cardina

This brand name was given to the vehicles with gasoline engines that were only built in 1907. It was powered by a 20 hp engine.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• 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 . (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ ^{A b} Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.