History and Directory of Electric Cars from 1834 (original) (raw)

This incredible solar powered steam engine was built in the early 1890's in Pasadena California by a farmer to pump water for his ostrich farm! He must have been quit a character back then! The "Sun Motor" was constructed with 1,800 mirrors 2 feet long by 3 inches wide and was supported on a light iron framework. In the focus of the mirrors was a boiler, 13 feet 6 inches long, painted black. The boiler held about 100 gallons of water, which was fed automatically. It was capable of pumping 1,400 gallons of water per minute. It seems that nothing is new when it comes to alternate energy.

| ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPANIES SINCE 1834 Copyright 1987-2001 by Frank Didik All Rights Reserved The following list of of electric vehicle manufacturers was compiled over the past 15 years from a variety of sources including the archives of the Electric Car Owners Club, early magazine advertisements, personal knowledge and other sources. This directory is by no means complete and additional vehicles manufacturers continue to be added as they are found. This list represents some of the information that will be included in my upcoming electric car book and CD-ROM. The book and CD-ROM will include details about each vehicle including photographs or drawings of most of the vehicles. 1834 (yes 1834) Thomas Davenport 1838 Robert Davidson 1851 Charles B. Page 1852-1966 Studebaker 1874 Sir David Salomons 1881-1906 Jeantaud 1888 Fred Kimball 1890-1896 Morrison 1893 William Morrison 1894-1897 Immisch 1895 Volk 1895-1897 Morris & Salom 1895-1899 Bersey 1895-1899 Canadian Motor Syndicate 1896 to present Oldsmobile 1896-1902 Riker 1896-1906 Lohner 1897 Neale 1897 - 1898 Elieson 1897-1898 Barrows 1897-1900 E.M.P. 1897-1900 Headland 1897-1902 Lux 1897-1909 Krieger This 1903 Krieger proves that there is nothing new under the sun. This car is a front wheel drive electric-gasoline hybrid car and has power steering. A gasoline engine supplements the battery pack. Between 1890 and 1910, there were many hybrid electric cars and four wheel drive electric cars. Electric cars were more expensive than gasoline cars and electrics were considered more reliable and safer. With the development of the starter motor for gasoline cars and increased range of gasoline cars, most people public interest switched from electrics to gasoline by 1915. 1898 Eaton 1898 - 1903 Eisenach 1898-1900 Madelvic 1898-1900 Patin 1898-1902 G.E.C. 1898-1902 Kuhlstein 1898-1903 Jenatzy 1898-1907 Opperman 1899 - 1900 Elecctra 1899 - 1900 Elgin 1899 - 1901 ? Dore 1899-1900 Helvetia 1899-1900 Hub 1899-1900 Kliemt 1899-1900 Schuckert 1899-1901 Averly 1899-1901 Kruse 1899-1901 New England 1899-1901 Scott 1899-1901 U.S. Electric 1899-1902 American Electric 1899-1902 Joel 1899-1902 Munson 1899-1902 Eastman 1899-1903 Maxwerke 1899-1905 Hautier 1899-1906 B.G.S. 1899-1906 Creanche 1899-1906 Henschel 1899-1910 Scheele 1899-1919 Woods 1900 Pfluger 1900 - 1909 Electromotion 1900-1901 Hart 1900-1901 Remington 1900-1901 Strong & Rodgers 1900-1902 California 1900-1902 Solignac 1900-1906 Cardinet 1900-1924 National 1901 Gramme 1901-1902 Bachelle 1901-1902 Thompson 1901-1903 AJAX 1901-1903 Crowdus 1901-1903 Demissine 1901-1904 General Electric 1901-1905 City & Suburban 1901-1906 Buffalo Automobile Company 1901-1912 Phipps-Grinnell 1901-1920 Electromobile 1902 Lefert 1902-1903 Accumulator Industries 1902-1905 Champrobert 1902-1906 Chenhall 1902-1920 Tribelhorn 1902-1934 N.A.G. 1903-1904 Pritchett & Gold 1903-1904 Starr 1903-1905 Ivanhoe 1903-1905 V.E. 1903-1906 Ausonia 1903-1907 Pope-Waverly 1903-1908 Hagen 1903-1908 Regina 1903-1916 Borland 1904 Berwick Auto Car Company 1904 Dinin 1904 Galileo 1904-1906 C.I.E.M. 1904-1908 Synnestvedt 1904-1910 Vedrine 1904-1917 Fritchie LIQUID AIR CAR COMPANY 1903 This interesting car, while not electric, is unusual since it shows that early vehicle manufacturers were trying every possible technology. This one is powered by liquefied air (rather cold!). Below is a diagram of how the vehicle worked. 1905 Banker Juvenile Electric 1905 Dora 1905 Provincial 1905-1906 Alexandra 1905-1906 Parsons 1905-1906 Zeddeco 1905-1910 Silvertown 1905-1928 Rauch & Lang (list continued on next column ) PRESS, PUBLISHING AND COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Copyright 1998 by Frank Didik. All Rights Reserved. Information, text and photograph contained on this page may be freely reprinted in full or part only with the written permission of the author. About the author: Frank Didik specializes in transportation design and technology for the next generation of conventional vehicles. If you represent a manufacturing enterprise or a transportation authority, you are invited to contact us to discuss your particular need and we will do our best to provide you with a fresh new innovative look at your existing and proposed project. All communications are deemed confidential to the degree that the internet provides. RFP's requested and given top treatment. | 1906 Dynamobile 1906 Hercules 1906-1908 Cloumobil 1906-1908 Lansden 1906-1910 Siemens-Schuckert 1906-1912 Auto-Mixte 1906-1912 Babcock Electric Carriage Co 1906-1913 Stella 907 American Juvenile Electric 1907-1909 G.E.M. 1907-1913 B.E.F. 1907-1915 Bailey 1907-1938 Detroit Electric 1908 V.A.T.E. 1908-1909 Byrider 1908-1914 Waverly 1909-1914 Ideal 1909-1916 Broc 1909-1918 Thrige 1910-1912 Kimball 1910-1913 Grinnell 1910-1918 Ohio 1910-1923 Geha 1911-1919 Hupp-Yeats 1911-1935 Galt 1912-1913 Church-Field 1912-1913 Fischer 1912-1914 Argo 1912-1915 Flanders 1913-1914 Tiffany 1913-1956 David 1914 GMUR 1914-1918 Columbia 1914-1922 Owen Magnetic 1914-1922 Milburn 1915 Menominee 1915 Storms 1915-1916 Chicago Electric 1915-1917 Beardsley Electric Co 1916 Belmont Electric Auto Company 1920 A.A.A. 1920 - 1924 Electricar 1920 - 1928 Elite-Diamant 1920-1924 S.B. 1921 Automatic 1921 Via 1921-1922 Kaha 1921-1925 Stigler 1922 Chelsea 1922 Omnobil 1922-1924 Alfi 1922-1924 Elektric 1922-1925 Voltor 1924 - 1929 ? D.E.W. 1924-1928 Red Bug 1926-1927 A.E.M. 1928 Parville 1935-1936 Wilson 1936-1939 Bleichert 1937 Auto-Lux 1940-1941 Chapeaux 1941 Revelli DIDIK SHOTING STAR Gasoline-Electric hyrid vehicle. 1997 1941 S.A.T.A.M. 1941 - 1943 Electrolette 1941 - 1947 Faure 1941-1942 LeDauphin 1941-1944 Stela 1941-1944 Story 1941-1946 C.G.E. 1942 Internationale 1943 A.F.A. 1943 - 1946 Electro-Renard 1944-1946 C.M.V. 1945 - 1946 Electrociclo 1947-1951 Tama 1948-1949 Paris-Rhone 1950-1960 Fuldamobil 1952 Prince 1952-1957 B.M.A. Hazelcar 1955 Electronic La Saetta 1957 Arbel 1959-1960 Nu-Klea Starlite DIDIK SUN SHARK A Solar, electric human powered safety motorcycle capable of speeds up to 40 miles per hour. The two side wheels retract into the body once the vehicle is moving. The vehicle cockpit offers substantial protection to the driver in the event of an accident or a spill out. 1998 1961 - 1976? Electra King 1962-1966 Peel 1964 - 1966 ? Electric Shopper 1965 Marketour 1965 Mobilette 1965 - 1969 ? Electro Master 1969 Enfield 1969 - 1976 (?) EFP - Electric Fuel Propulsion 1970 Autoette 1972 - 1976 Electrosport 1974-1976 Vangaurd CitCar 1977 Braun Elec 1977 - 1979 EVA - Electric Vehicle Associates 1978 EAC 1978 Sears, Roebuck and Company 1978 - 1979 Transformer 1 1978-1987 Comuta-Car and Comuta-Van 1980 Electro-Sport 1985-Present Didik DIDIK MUSCLE CAR Hybrid vehicle powered by solar, electric and human power. 1996 Electric Vehicles | Lenticular | E.Europe Solar Energy | Electric Car Owners Society Contact Us Be sure to see the ev links listed below _DIDIK_™ alternate energy vehicle links: Didik Main Menu for alternate vehicles How DIDIK Vehicles are Designed Didik Muscle Car Foldable Didik Muscle Car Didik Shooting Star Didik Sun Shark - Safety Motorcycle Didik Arctic Explorer Didik Long Ranger Didik Simplicity Worlds Lightest Bicycle Hovercraft (non Didik design) DIDIK Human Powered Bus Didik Duplexity Licensing Information for Manufacturers and Resellers PRESS KITS Electric Vehicle CD-ROM How Build an Electric Car (Smithsonian Institute Talk) Didik Turtle (or how to build an electric car in 14 hours) Critical assessment of electric vehicles History of Electric Vehicles from 1834 to 1987 The Horseless Age First Car Magazine in the USA, starting in 1895. 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