Steinmetz Electric Motor Car Corporation

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Steinmetz Electric Motor Car Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1922
resolution 1926
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Baltimore , Maryland , USA
management Charles Steinmetz
Branch Automobiles

Steinmetz Electric Motor Car Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles Steinmetz gained experience in the automotive industry at Dey Electric Corporation . In 1922 he founded the company in Baltimore , Maryland . From December 1922 he manufactured passenger cars. The brand name was Steinmetz . In August 1923 Steinmetz announced commercial vehicles . In 1923 car production ended after four vehicles were manufactured. The bankruptcy began in 1924 . Trucks were produced in small numbers until they were dissolved in 1926.

vehicles

All vehicles were electric cars .

A maximum speed of 64 km / h and a range of 322 km were specified for the cars .

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. 1395 (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. 1508 (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. 1395 (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. 1508 (English).