Vulkan automobile company

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Vulkan Automobilgesellschaft mbH
legal form Company with limited liability
founding 1895
resolution 1907
Seat Berlin , Germany
Branch Motor vehicle manufacturer

The volcano automotive mbH was a German manufacturer of electric cars , which from 1895 to 1907 in Berlin was established.

Company history

Initially, automobiles and motorized two- and three-wheelers were built, later mainly electric vehicles for transporting people and loads, as well as bicycles. In 1899 the company was located at Ritterstraße 45. This company expanded in 1901 by taking over the Express works and then produced its vehicles under the new brand. An official conversion to Expresswerke A.-G. took place in 1918.

One of the engineers was Robert Schwenke , who created a number of vehicles there with a stagecoach-like appearance and front-wheel drive .

On September 28, 1899, a vehicle took part in a trip for electric automobiles from Berlin to Zehlendorf and back and was awarded a silver medal for this.

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  1. ↑ Website with information about the Vulkan Automobile Company and Express-Werke, including images; found on March 7, 2010 ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.news-aus-neumarkt.de
  2. ^ Peter Kirchberg: Automobile exhibitions and vehicle tests around the world. The best from "Der Motorwagen", the magazine for the automotive industry and engine construction. Part 1: 1898-1914. Transpress, Berlin 1985, p. 30.