Munson Electric Motor Company

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Munson Electric Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1896
resolution 1900
Seat La Porte , Indiana , USA
management William Niles
Branch Automobiles

Munson Electric Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Chicago , Illinois in 1896 . John M. Munson and PM Heldt were involved as designers. A first vehicle was created. Then the company moved to La Porte , Indiana, and began series production of automobiles there. The brand name was Munson . Now William Niles was President, Meinrad Rumely Vice President, CS Fahnestock Secretary and Treasurer, and WH Phelps Superintendent. Production ended in 1900.

Plans for a Munson Safety Automobile Company as a successor failed.

vehicles

Only hybrid electric vehicles were on offer . A two- or four-cylinder - petrol engine powered a generator. It supplied the electric motor with voltage and it drove the rear axle.

There was a choice of four different structures. These were a two-seat buggy, a four-seat Surrey , an eleven-seat omnibus , and a delivery truck that was listed as 3000 lb (1360 kg).

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. 1009 (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. 1086 (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. 1009 (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. 1086 (English).