Crowdus Automobile Company

Crowdus Automobile Company
legal form	Company
founding	1901
resolution	1902
Seat	Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Crowdus Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The production of automobiles began as early as December 1899. They were marketed as crowdus . The company was officially founded in 1901 in Chicago , Illinois . FH Cooper was the funder. Production ended in 1902.

vehicles

Only electric cars were on offer . They had a tubular frame and wooden wheels. The steering lever was designed to steer, accelerate and brake at the same time. The bodies were open. Called is a Stanhope . The top speed of the first models was given as 37 km / h.

In the models from 1901 onwards, the focus was on range . It should have been 160 km at a speed of 16 km / h.

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. 397 (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. 353. (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. 397 (English).
↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 353. (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. 397 (English).

[Beaulieu-2] George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 353. (English)