Trouvé tricycle
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 Trouvé Tricycle (1881)
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| Tricycle | |
| Production period: | 1881 |
| Class : | Light vehicle |
| Body versions : | Monoposto |
| Engines: |
Electric motor : 0.074 kW |
| Length: | 2134 mm |
| Width: | 914 mm |
| Height: | 1270 mm |
| Wheelbase : | 1524 mm |
| Empty weight : | (including driver) 160 kg |
The first “officially” recognized electric vehicle Trouvé Tricycle was built by Gustave Trouvé in Paris in 1881. It is often confused with the later built Ayrton & Perry Electric Tricycle .
Alexis Clerc writes in his book "Physique et Chimie populaires":
“... Experiments have been observed in which an electric motor was used to drive light vehicles and boats. In a very heavy (55 kg) English tricycle, M [onsieur] Trouvé had installed one of his motors under the axis of the bicycle. The movement was transmitted via a chain. The engine was powered by six secondary elements or accumulators of the Plante type and it was perfectly designed. The total weight of the vehicle, batteries, engine and driver was 160 kg and the effective power was 70 Newton meters per second. Even so, the tricycle set itself in motion as soon as the circuit was closed and repeatedly traveled the rue de Valois in both directions at the speed of a good horse-drawn vehicle. The experiment lasted one and a half hours and was convincing ... "
The " Journal officiel de la République française " reported on April 20, 1881 about this event.
The Trouvé Tricycle 1881
Gustave Trouvé used a three-wheeled bicycle (Starley Coventry Lever Tricycle) as a test bench for the electric motors he built. The modified Siemens motor with a weight of approx. 5 kg was installed under the axle. It had an effective power of 70 W. The large left wheel was driven via a Vaucanson chain. The two smaller wheels on the right were used for steering. A 12 V lead accumulator was mounted behind the driver. There was a switch on the handle of the brake lever, in the driver's hand area on the left. By pressing it, it was possible to start or stop.
literature
- Alexis Clerc: Physique et Chimie populaires , Volume 2. Jules Rouff & Cie., Paris, 1881–1883.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2007–2011 Achmed AW Khammas: Book of Synergy
- ↑ “Physique et Chimie populaires” Volume 2, 1881-1883, Alexis Clerc (1841-1894), pages 370-371
- ^ Villes, régions et universités: recherches, innovations et territoires ... by Raymond Hudon, Jean-Pierre Augustin, page 120
- ↑ Michael H. Westbrook: "The Electric Car" Institution of electrical engineers . London, page 9.
- ↑ Journal L'Industrie vélocipédique: organs of fabricants, mecaniciens ..., Paris, 1894, page 98