Velomobile motor vehicle factory

Motor vehicle factory Hermann Dettmann Velomobil -KWfabrik GmbH
legal form	Company with limited liability
founding	1905
resolution	1908
Seat	Berlin , Germany
management	Hermann Dettmann
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

The Velomobile Motor Vehicle Factory , previously Motor Vehicle Factory Hermann Dettmann , was a German manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from Berlin started producing automobiles in 1905. The brand name was Velomobil . The name was changed at the end of 1906. Production ended in 1907 or 1908. In 1908 the company was dissolved.

vehicles

The only model was a tricycle with the single wheel in the front. The engine was above the front wheel and drove the front wheel. It was a single-cylinder , four-stroke , air-cooled engine . The construction was similar to the cyclonette . The open bodies offered either space for two or three people. A landaulet is also mentioned .

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Velomobile.
• George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 (English).
• Ulrich Kubisch : German car brands from A – Z. VF Verlagsgesellschaft, Mainz 1993, ISBN 3-926917-09-1 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Velomobile.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Michael Wolff Metternich : 100 years on 3 wheels. German three-lane vehicles through the ages. Neue Kunst Verlag, Munich, ISBN 3-929956-00-4 , p. 370.