Henschel electric vehicle and machine factory

Henschel electric vehicle and machine factory
legal form
founding	1899 (as machine works Henschel & Co. )
resolution	1918
Reason for dissolution	Takeover by the elite works
Seat	Berlin - Charlottenburg , Germany
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

The electromobile and machine factory Henschel (sometimes also called Hentschel ) was a manufacturer of electrically powered vehicles at Schillerstrasse 97 in the city of Charlottenburg , today a district of Berlin , from 1899 to 1918 . The first electrically operated taxi in Berlin was built by Henschel.

history

The Henschel & Co. machine factory was founded in 1899 to produce machines, electric cars and gasoline-powered vehicles. In 1906 the company was renamed. The first electric commercial vehicles as trucks had two engines and up to 6.5  hp . The electric truck was driven on the rear wheel and could be switched at five speeds. A block brake and two mechanical brakes were used as brakes. In addition, it was possible to initiate strong braking in an emergency by "reversing" the two electric motors.

Henschel was able to produce large numbers of these electric trucks, especially municipal vehicles, up until the First World War . In 1918 the Henschel company was taken over by the Elite Works .

literature

• The history of German truck construction , vol. 1, pp. 88/89. Weltbild Verlag 1994, ISBN 3-89350-811-2 .
• 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. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 ( English ).
• Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X ( English ).

Web links

• www.elektroauto-tipp.de