Electric Victoria
The Elektro Viktoria was an electric car built by Siemens-Schuckertwerke from 1905 in Berlin .
Technology and commitment
The car was built as a four-seater touring car and used as a hotel taxi, as a minibus with a box-like structure and as a delivery van .
The maximum speed was 30 km / h . The electric motor worked with a voltage of 88 V and an amperage of 40 A , resulting in a power consumption of 3520 W , corresponding to approx. 4.8 HP , but the output was significantly lower ( efficiency ). The range was 60 kilometers with a small battery and 80 kilometers with a large battery.
The car was built in the Siemens Schuckert works in Berlin . The total number of vehicles built is unknown and, according to Siemens, was between 30 and 50. The price during the production period was between 11,000 and 17,500 marks, depending on the version (adjusted for purchasing power in today's currency: around 70,200 or 111,600 euros ).
Further development
In the course of the development process, recuperation was also incorporated, i.e. the possibility of recovering kinetic energy when braking - by using the motor as a generator - as electrical energy and feeding it back to the accumulator.
Replica 2010
In 2010, Siemens presented a faithful replica based on old plans. Only the accumulator was modified for environmental reasons . The lighting has also been modernized in order to obtain road approval. The city car type B "Electric Victoria open" was recreated. The weight was 1530 kg, 480 kg of which was the accumulator. The charging time on the 230 volt network was five and a half to six hours. The car was registered on April 8, 2010 and presented to the public in Berlin on April 30. On June 21, 2010 the car crashed during a test drive in Hinterzarten in Baden . The economic historian Wilfried Feldenkirchen was killed and four students accompanying him as passengers were injured, some seriously.
Web links
- Fact sheet viktoria from Siemens AG (including pictures of the vehicle; PDF; 204 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See also: 105 years of electromobility in Berlin. From the historic electric taxi to the mobility infrastructure of the future. In: Siemenswelt , May 2010, p. 4.
- ^ Feldenkirchen dies while driving an electric oldtimer In: Badische Zeitung Online , June 21, 2010