Electric Motive Power

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Electric Motive Power Company
legal form
founding 1894
resolution 1900
Seat Balham , London
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Electric Motive Power Company was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from the London borough of Balham began producing automobiles in 1894. The brand name was EMP . Production ended in 1900. In total, only a few vehicles were sold.

vehicles

Initially, horse-drawn buses were equipped with an electric motor . Passenger cars were built from 1897 onwards. Mentioned are a 2 HP as a four-seater Victoria, a 5 HP as a dog cart and another 2 HP as a tricycle. The range of a vehicle was given as 35 km.

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, Vol. 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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.