Denka (make of car)

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Denka
owner Nippon Electric Car Manufacturing
Introductory year 1938
Products Automobiles
Markets Japan

Denka was a Japanese car brand.

Brand history

Nippon Electric Car Manufacturing from Amagasaki started producing automobiles in 1938 . The brand name was Denka . All vehicles were electric cars . At the time of the petrol shortage there was a market for it. The Second World War brought an interruption in 1940. Production continued in 1947; In 1951 it came to a standstill. However, there are also indications up to 1958. The only known sales market was Japan.

vehicles

An electric motor drove the vehicles. Are called passenger cars , vans and trucks as well as the conversion of gasoline-powered cars to electric cars.

The first model from 1938 to 1940 was the standard sedan . This was a two-door sedan , 280 cm in length. The engine developed 2.75 hp . A revised Sedan model followed in 1940 . The chassis had a wheelbase of 190 cm . The vehicle length was 273 cm. The limousine was designed with four doors. The engine output has been increased to 3.5 hp. The successors from 1947 to 1949 and from 1949 to 1951 had the same dates and only differed optically.

The market wanted vehicles that didn't look so much like electric cars. In particular, Prince Jidōsha Kōgyō with the Tama brand offered such vehicles. So between 1949 and 1951 a collaboration with Kanto Electric Motor Works came about . Kanto took the chassis from the Toyota SD , put a separate body as a four-door sedan on it and installed an electric motor. The BA was done . 90 vehicles were built by him.

The FC appeared in the early 1950s.

In 1940 and from 1947 to 1949 there was a truck with the same data as the sedan. The same goes for a panel van built between 1947 and 1949.

First in 1940 and then again from 1947 to 1949, sedans from Ford Japan were converted into electric cars. There was a choice of electric motors with 7.5 and 10 hp.

literature

  • Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 2. Japan 1935-1939 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2017, ISBN 978-1-983476-36-5 , pp. 16-17 (English).
  • Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 3. Japan 1940-1949 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2018, ISBN 978-1-72004-729-2 , pp. 16-19 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 2. Japan 1935-1939 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2017, ISBN 978-1-983476-36-5 , pp. 16-17 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 3. Japan 1940-1949 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2018, ISBN 978-1-72004-729-2 , pp. 16-19 (English).