Electric Motors (Hove)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battery Manufacturing Association (1951–1952)
BMA & Electrical Equipment Co. (1952–1953)
Gates & Pearson Ltd. (1952–1953)
Electric Motors (Hove) Ltd. (1954-1957)
legal form Limited
founding 1951
resolution 1957
Seat Hove
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Electric Motors (Hove) Ltd. , previously Battery Manufacturing Association , BMA & Electrical Equipment Co. and Gates & Pearson Ltd. , was a British manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company Battery Manufacturing Association of Hove began in 1951 with the production of automobiles, based on the models of Hazeldine engine . The brand name was BMA . Company names changed to BMA & Electrical Equipment Co. , Gates & Pearson Ltd. and ultimately Electric Motors (Hove) Ltd. followed. Production ended in 1957. A total of seven vehicles were built. Of these, one each was exported to Sri Lanka and Denmark .

vehicles

The Hazelcar model was on offer . It was an electric car . A four-pole electric motor with either 1.5 HP or 2 HP propelled the vehicle. The transmission had four gears. The maximum speed was specified with 32 km / h and the range with 96 km. The open two-seater body was made of aluminum . The price of £ 535 was too high to be a success in the market.

The second vehicle with the chassis number E 12 received the British license plate GBK 155 on August 7, 1951 and the seventh vehicle with the chassis number E 17 1953 the license plate HNJ 517 .

The auction house RM Auctions auctioned on February 16, 2013, a vehicle from 1953 with chassis number E 17 from the Bruce Weiner Microcar Museum for 9200 dollars .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter BMA Hazelcar.
  • 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. 171. (English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter BMA Hazelcar.
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 171. (English)
  3. ↑ a b Report from the Bentley Wildfowl & Motor Museum on Hazelcar and BMA (English, accessed December 17, 2014)
  4. ↑ Auction (accessed December 19, 2014)