Stéla
Véhicules Électriques Stéla
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legal form | |
founding | 1941 |
resolution | 1948 |
Seat | Villeurbanne , France |
management | Hubert Pascal |
Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Véhicules Électriques Stéla was a French manufacturer of automobiles and commercial vehicles .
Company history
Hubert Pascal founded the company in Villeurbanne in 1941 and began producing automobiles. The brand name was Stéla . Automobile production ended in 1944. Commercial vehicles were made until 1948. Stéla stands for S ervice de la T raction É lectrique L égere à A ccumulateur.
vehicles
The company only manufactured electric cars because gasoline was hardly available in France during World War II . Among other things, there was the RCA model , a four-door, five-seat sedan .
A vehicle of this brand can be seen in the Musée Henri Malartre in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône .
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Stéla.
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
- George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)
Web links
Commons : Stéla - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Stéla.
- ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
- ↑ George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)