Tōkyō gas

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Tokyo Gas

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legal form Kabushiki kaisha
ISIN JP3573000001
founding October 1, 1885
Seat Minato , Japan
management Takashi Uchida, CEO
Number of employees 17,138
sales 1587.1 billion JPY
12.83 billion EUR
Branch energy
Website www.tokyo-gas.co.jp
As of March 31, 2018

Tōkyō Gas KK ( Japanese 東京 瓦斯 株式会社 , Tōkyō Gasu Kabushiki kaisha , English Tokyo Gas Company, Limited ) is a Japanese company headquartered in Minato , Tokyo .

history

The company, founded on October 1, 1885, operates in the natural gas sector.

Tokyo Gas supplies the prefectures of Tokyo , Kanagawa , Saitama , Chiba , Ibaraki , Tochigi , Gunma and Yamanashi and is the main supplier of natural gas in Japan.

Vehicle construction department

From the 1910s there was a department for vehicle construction. In 1917 the production of trucks began . The brand name was initially TGE , from 1931 Chiyoda . In 1932 some automobiles were added. Their production ended in 1935 or 1937.

In 1937 came the merger of the department with Jidosha Kōgyō Co. Ltd. and Kyodo Kokusan KK. The new company was either Tokyo Automobile Industry Co. Ltd. or Tokyo Automobile Industries Co. Ltd. In 1941 it was renamed Diesel Motor Industry Co. Ltd. and in Isuzu in 1949 . Another source states that the new company, Automotive Industries Co. Ltd. was called, while the plant in Hino operated as the Diesel Motor Industry Company . The plant in Hino was split off in 1942, resulting in Hino Jidōsha .

vehicles

In 1917 a four-ton truck with a 2-ton payload and the TGE Model A appeared as commercial vehicle models . The TGE Model G followed in 1922, the TGE Model GP in 1927 , the TGE Model L and TGE Model N in 1930 and the TX 40 in 1933 .

From 1930 there was a bus that Chiyoda Model MA and Chiyoda Model MP and, from 1935, the Chiyoda Model ST as a bus with a trailer.

Another source mentions u. a. the truck models TX 35 and TX 40 and the bus models BX 35 , BX 40 and BX 45 .

Large vehicles were in the car range. The H was similar to the Pontiac models of the time . A six-cylinder engine with a displacement of 4 liters propelled the vehicles. Narrated are sedans and touring cars . The six-wheeled HS was a seven-seater touring car.

Hino names the car models Chiyoda Model HS with six wheels from 1933, Chiyoda Model HA from 1934 and a small prototype called Hoya from 1934.

A book for Japanese vehicles describes the H as a four-door Phaeton 509 cm in length. The engine developed 70 hp from a displacement of 4398 cc. Construction time was from 1932 to 1937. It had a front engine and rear wheel drive. The similar HF from 1936 to 1937 had all-wheel drive . The HS from 1932 to 1937 with the same engine had six wheels, four of which were driven. It was 520 cm long. The open body had two doors. The 1934 Hoya remained a prototype . Only the front engine, rear-wheel drive and two-door body have been handed down as Phaeton from him. The HA from 1036 had the same engine, 520 cm wheelbase, a four-door sedan body and remained a prototype.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Chiyoda.
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 283 (English).
  • Jan P. Norbye: Cars made in Japan. Corporations · Data · Facts. All makes and models 1912–1992. Bleicher Verlag, Gerlingen 1991, ISBN 3-88350-161-1 , p. 28 and p. 31-32.

Web links

Commons : Tōkyō Gas  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tokyo Gas 2017 Annual Report , accessed January 5, 2019
  2. ↑ Converted at the rate on the balance sheet date, March 31, 2018
  3. ^ Tokyo Gas
  4. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Chiyoda.
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 283 (English).
  6. ↑ a b c d Jan P. Norbye: Cars made in Japan. Corporations · Data · Facts. All makes and models 1912–1992. Bleicher Verlag, Gerlingen 1991, ISBN 3-88350-161-1 , p. 28 and p. 31-32.
  7. ↑ a b c d Information from Hino (English, accessed on April 16, 2016)
  8. ^ A b Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 1. Japan 1902-1934 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2017, ISBN 978-1-5332-8268-2 , pp. 86-111 (English).
  9. ^ A b Jeremy Risdon: Pomchi Book of Cars, Vans & Light Trucks. Volume 2. Japan 1935-1939 . Pomchi Press, Yate 2017, ISBN 978-1-983476-36-5 , pp. 44-45 (English).
  10. ↑ a b c information from Isuzu (English, accessed on April 16, 2016)
  11. ↑ a b c d Timeline of the models according to information from Hino (English, accessed on April 16, 2016)