Elektrotechnická

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Elektrotechnická, as, dříve Kolben a spol.
legal form as (joint stock company)
founding 1900
resolution 1907
Seat Prague-Vysočany , Austria-Hungary
Branch Automobile manufacturer

Elektrotechnická, as, dříve Kolben a spol. was an Austro-Hungarian manufacturer of automobiles from Prague .

Company history

The company from Prague-Vysočany started producing automobiles in 1900. The brand name was Elektrotechnická . In 1901 production was temporarily stopped and started again in 1907.

vehicles

The vehicles were initially electric cars . Both passenger cars and delivery vans were on offer .

At least two of the first type were made between 1900 and 1901, and were offered for 5200 crowns . The chassis came from the Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau-Fabriks-Gesellschaft and corresponded to the Nesselsdorf A . The open body offered space for four people. Two electric motors , which were developed by Emil Kolben, each had an output of 2.2 KW and drove the rear axle. The empty weight including batteries was more than 2000 kg. The maximum speed was given as 20 km / h.

The model from 1907 had a two-cylinder engine that was developed in-house and produced 7 hp . The engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft , which had a differential . With a wheelbase of 232 cm and a track width of 128.5 cm at the front and 132.5 cm at the rear, the vehicle length was 360 cm, the vehicle width 164 cm and the vehicle height with the hood 228 cm. The curb weight was given as 1025 kg. The body offered space for four people.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  • Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Encyclopedie automobilů. České a slovenské osobní automobily od roku 1815 do současnosti. Computer Press, Brno 2007, ISBN 978-80-251-1587-9 . (Czech)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
  2. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Šuman-Hreblay: Encyklopedie automobilů.