Storage Battery Power Company

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Storage Battery Power Company
legal form Company
founding before 1913
resolution after 1913
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

Storage Battery Power Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . One source states that Electra Storage Battery Power Company differs from this .

Company history

The company was based in Chicago , Illinois . Mainly it manufactured batteries and other parts for other manufacturers of electric cars. From 1913 onwards, the company produced its own cars. The brand name was Electra . Vehicle production ended in 1913 or 1915.

It is not known when the company was dissolved.

There was no connection with the Electra Manufacturing Company from Los Angeles , which also sold vehicles as Electra .

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer. The electric motor developed 2.5 hp and drove the rear axle. Many parts were made in-house. The only body shape was a two-seater roadster . The chassis had a wheelbase of 216 cm . The original price was 750 US dollars .

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. 524 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 488 (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. 524 (English).
  2. ↑ a b George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 488 (English).
  3. ↑ a b Car Companies (accessed January 27, 2018)
  4. ^ Early Electric Automobile Manufacturers (accessed January 27, 2018)