Cyco-Lectric Car Company

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Cyco-Lectric Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1916
Seat New York City , New York , USA
Branch Motor vehicles

Cyco-Lectric Car Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles . Other sources use the names Cyco Letric Car Company , Cycolectric Car Company, and Cyco-Electric Car Company .

Company history

The company was based in New York City . It manufactured automobiles from 1915 to 1916 , which were marketed as Volta-Car . Another source gives the construction period with 1914 to 1916 and the brand name with Volta Car .

vehicles

The company made electric cars. The electric motor came from General Electric . It drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The maximum speed was specified with 24 km / h and the range with 56 to 80 km. The best-selling model was a light delivery van with a payload of around 227 kg . There was also a two-seater roadster . The original price was 585 US dollars .

A wheelbase of 173 cm has been handed down for the delivery vans . The batteries were mounted under the driver's seat. The seat was in the back, the loading area in front. The solid rubber tires were striking .

The sources refer to the vehicles as cycle cars . It is unclear whether their heavy batteries kept the 350 kg weight limit for cycle cars.

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. 1504 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1700 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Description on Photobucket (English, accessed April 13, 2019)
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 1504 (English).
  3. ↑ a b George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1700 (English).
  4. ↑ a b Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 297 (English).