Riker Electric Motor Company

Riker Electric Motor Company
legal form	Company
founding	1888
resolution	1902
Reason for dissolution	fusion
Seat	Elizabethport , New Jersey , USA
management	Andrew L. Riker
Branch	Automobiles

Riker from 1896

The Riker Electric Motor Company (1888–1899) was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

description

The automotive pioneer Andrew L. Riker founded the company in Brooklyn , New York City in 1888 to manufacture electric cars .

In 1899, Riker moved its headquarters to Elizabethport , New Jersey and renamed the company the Riker Electric Vehicle Company .

In 1900 he renamed the company the Riker Motor Vehicle Company . The automobile company had advanced to become a leading manufacturer of electric cars in the USA and offered them under the brand name Riker as passenger cars in the types of tricycle (three-wheeler), Runabout , Phaeton , Surrey , Victoria , Demi-Coach , Brougham , and it also built the minibus Station coach as well as mail and delivery vehicles .

In 1902 the company became part of the Electric Vehicle Company .

A car from this manufacturer was the first ever American car race winner.

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. 1294-1495 (English).

Web links

Commons : Riker  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.kcstudio.com/riker.html
2. ↑ https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/electric-car-wins-the-first-auto-race-in-the-united-states