Electrocar Corporation

Electrocar Corporation
legal form	Corporation
founding	1920
resolution	1922
Seat	New Brunswick , New Jersey , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Electrocar Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1920 in New Brunswick , New Jersey . Joseph Anglada was the designer. After two years of development, the first vehicles were ready in 1922. The market launch took place in April 1922 at the annual electric car exhibition in New York City . The brand name was Electrocar . Production ended in the same year.

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer . The appearance was similar to vehicles with gasoline engines . The electric motor was at the front under a hood . Before that was the dummy of a grille in an oval shape. Many parts were bought in. So came the electric motor from General Electric and the batteries from Exide . The chassis had a wheelbase of 284 cm . The only known body shape was a sedan .

The vehicles were used as taxis .

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. 526 (English).

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 526 (English).
↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 102 (English).

[Kimes-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. 526 (English).

[Registry-2] Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 102 (English).