Kennedy (automobile manufacturer)

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kennedy
legal form
founding 1898
resolution 1903
Seat Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
management CW Kennedy
Branch Automobiles

Kennedy was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

CW Kennedy had 30 years of electrical engineering experience . On June 1, 1898, he exhibited his first vehicle at the Philadelphia Electrical Exhibition . Other vehicles followed. The brand name was Kennedy . Production ended in 1903. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer . An electric motor drove the front wheels. The body was open and offered space for two people.

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. 801 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 818 (English).

Individual evidence

  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. 801 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 818 (English).