Dey Electric Corporation

Dey Electric Corporation
legal form	Corporation
founding	1915
resolution	1919
Seat	New York City , New York , USA
management	Harry E. Dey
Branch	Automobiles

Dey Electric Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in mid-1915 as the successor to Dey Electric Vehicle Syndicate . The seat was in New York City . The owner and namesake was Harry E. Dey, who had already headed Dey-Griswold & Company before the turn of the century . Charles Steinmetz was also involved, who later founded the Steinmetz Electric Motor Car Corporation . The first vehicles were presented at the New York Automobile Show in January 1917 . The brand name was Dey . Production ended in 1919. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer . The electric motor was part of the rear axle and also served as a differential . A gear could be dispensed with. The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm . The structure was an open roadster or runabout .

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. 452 (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. 433 (English).

Individual evidence

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. 452 (English).
2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 433 (English).