Charles Jeantaud

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Charles Jeantaud, around 1900
Jeantaud Milord from 1898 with electric drive , which could be used as a Fiaker (here in the sense of a droschke ) for two passengers

Charles Jeantaud (born December 24, 1843 in Limoges , † November 29, 1906 in Paris ) was a French automobile pioneer and designer of electric cars and cars with gas engines in his company C. Jeantaud .

Jeantaud built his first electric car in 1881 and made his family name the brand name for the automobiles that he produced in Paris from 1893 to 1906 .

With his electric car model Jeantaud Duc , the French racing driver Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat set the first documented speed record for a land vehicle on December 18, 1898 at a speed of 62.78 km / h in Achères ( Yvelines department ) near Paris . This was broken on January 17, 1899 by the Belgian Camille Jenatzy in the same place with the electric car CGA Dogcart with 66.66 km / h.

On the same day in the same place, Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat brought back the record for himself and Jeantaud with the Duc and 70.31 km / h. On January 27, 1899, the speed record in Achères went back to Camille Jenatzy's CGA Dogcart , with 80.35 km / h.

On March 4, 1899, Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat with the Jeantaud Duc Profilée vehicle set himself and Jeantaud the third time the record with 92.78 km / h. This record was again lost to Camille Jenatzy, who with his La Jamais Contente electric car was the first person in an automobile to be faster than 100 km / h, namely 105.88 km / h.

However, the company earned money with everyday vehicles for two or more people, mostly based on common carriage types such as Coupé, Gig, Victoria, Landaulet , Phaeton and Cabriolet , because Jeantaud started out as a carriage manufacturer. In online sources he is also said to be responsible for the construction of the first sedan , but there is no evidence. His competitor Krieger , however, had one on offer, the American electric car manufacturer Baker even as early as 1899.

Web links

Commons : Charles Jeantaud  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jean-François Julien: Charles Jeantaud ne à Limoges, inventeur de la voiture électrique. In: Le Populaire du Center (daily newspaper). November 25, 2018, accessed December 18, 2018 (French).
  2. ↑ 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)
personal data
SURNAME Jeantaud, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French automobile pioneer
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Limoges
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 1906
Place of death Paris