Compagnie Générale des Transports Automobiles

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Compagnie Générale des Transports Automobiles
legal form
founding 1899
resolution 1901
Seat Boulogne , France
management Camille Jenatzy
Branch Automobile manufacturer

The Compagnie Générale des Transports Automobiles (according to another source, Compagnie Internationale des Transports Automobiles ) was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Belgian Camille Jenatzy founded the company in Boulogne in 1899 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was Jenatzy . Production ended in 1901.

vehicles

The company made electric cars. A taxi company from Paris ordered 30 taxis . Moreover emerged vans . The maximum speed was given as 12 km / h.

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 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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.