Tama (electric car)
| Tama | |
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| Model E4S-47 | |
| Production period: | 1947-1948 |
| Class : | Small car |
| Body versions : | Limousine , pick-up |
| Engines: |
Electric motor : 3.3 kW |
| Length: | 3200 mm |
| Width: | 1270 mm |
| Height: | 1650 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 2000 mm |
| Empty weight : | 1050 kg |
| successor |
Tama Junior Tama Senior |
The Tama ( Japanese た ま ) was a small passenger car or pick-up that the Tachikawa Hikōki KK (English Tachikawa Airplane Company , German Tachikawa Flugzeug AG ) manufactured in Japan from 1947 to 1948. In June 1947, the Tōkyō Denki Jidōsha KK (English Tokyo Electric Motor Car Co. , German Tokyo Electric Vehicles & Co. ) was founded. It was later Prince Motor Company KK (engl. Prince Motor Company , dt. Prince Motor Company ).
development
After the Second World War , aircraft were no longer allowed to be manufactured in Japan, so Tachikawa had to look for another field of activity. The company found that in the manufacture of automobiles. Since petrol was still rationed in the first few years after the war and therefore expensive, the company switched to electric vehicles. A pick-up from Ōta served as the basis , after which two prototypes (EOT-46 and EOT-47) were initially built in 1946/1947. Instead of the internal combustion engine, there was an electric motor under the hood; the associated lead-acid batteries were housed under the bed. The EOT-47 already had an independent body with then modern attributes such as an alligator hood or headlights partially integrated into the front fenders.
Production model
In 1947 a passenger car was then also brought out under the name Tama , model E4S-47. On a ladder frame was a body in composite construction, i. H. a wooden frame with sheet metal planking, mounted. The car had two rear-hinged doors, four seats and a small trunk, which was accessible via a small hatchback that opened upwards.
The batteries were located on the vehicle floor and delivered a voltage of 40 V with a maximum current of 162 A. The electric motor installed in the front had a voltage of 36 V and required a maximum of 120 A. The drive power was 4.5 HP (3.3 kW). specified. The maximum speed was 35 km / h and the range was 65 km. A manual two-speed gearbox was available to the driver for speed control.
A small flatbed truck with a two-seater cab and slightly shorter doors was also made. The Tama car was replaced in 1948 by the further developed models Tama Junior and Tama Senior , which already had pontoon bodies and four doors.
