Standard Gas Electric Power Company

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Standard Gas Electric Power Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1910
Seat Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
management Samuel S. Eveland
Branch Automobiles

Standard Gas Electric Power Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1909 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Samuel S. Eveland directed it. The production of automobiles ran from 1909 to 1910. The brand name was Standard GE .

vehicles

The vehicles had a four-cylinder engine . 101.6 mm bore and 114.3 mm stroke resulted in 3707 cc displacement . The engine developed 28 hp . It drove the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 290 cm . There was a choice of an open touring car for $ 1,700 and a sedan for $ 1,750.

The operation of the transmission via push buttons via electrics was unusual. The vehicles also had an electric starter .

An overview of US car brands that begin with Standard

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
default Boston Automobile Company 1900 1900 Bar Harbor, Maine
default Standard Motor Vehicle Company (New Jersey) 1900 1901 Camden, New Jersey
default Standard Motor Vehicle Company (California) 1901 1902 Oakland, California
default Standard Motor Construction Company 1904 1905 Jersey City, New Jersey
default St. Louis Car Company 1910 1911 St. Louis, Missouri
default Standard Car Manufacturing Company 1911 1915 Jackson, Michigan
default Standard Engineering Company 1914 1914 Chicago, Illinois
default Standard Steel Car Company 1914 1923 Butler, Pennsylvania
Standard GE Standard Gas Electric Power Company 1909 1910 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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. 1376 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1499 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 1376 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1499 (English).