AG Für Akkumulatoren- Und Automobilbau
AG für Akkumulatoren- und Automobilbau automobile manufacturer based in Wedding (Berlin), Ofenerstrasse and founded by Alex Fischer who built electric powered automobiles from 1919 to 1922 under the brand name AAA. Not related to the French brand of the same name. History From 1922, the electric vehicles were given the brand name Elektric. In the same year, the company started the production of small cars with gasoline built-in engines. These were distributed under the name Alfi (car manufacturer), Alfi. The factory was founded in 1919 as ''Automobil- und Akkumulatorenbau GmbH'' for electric vehicles. In 1920, the name was changed to ''Auto- und Akkumulatorenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft'' (AAA), which remained in place until 1922. The commercial vehicle factory for electric vehicles, which existed until 1925, was continued from 1922 with the company name ''Aktiengesellschaft für Akkuulatoren- und Automobilbau''. AAA was the first German company to build four-wheel drive cars. Prod ...
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Wedding (Berlin)
Wedding (german: der Wedding; ) is a locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany and was a separate borough in the north-western inner city until it was fused with Tiergarten and Mitte in Berlin's 2001 administrative reform. At the same time the eastern half of the former borough of Wedding—on the other side of Reinickendorfer Straße—was separated as the new locality of Gesundbrunnen. History In the 12th century, the manor of the nobleman Rudolf de Weddinge was located on the small Panke River in the immediate vicinity of today's Nettelbeckplatz. The farmstead, which burned down more than once, remained abandoned in the forest until the 18th century. In the mid-18th century, while Gesundbrunnen was being built up as a health resort and spa town, gambling and prostitution moved into Wedding, transforming it into a pleasure district. In 1864, Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering established the Schering pharmaceutical company on Müllerstraße; the company has been a p ...
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Alfi (car Manufacturer)
The Alfi was a German automobile built in Berlin (Prussia) by an electrical company between 1921 and 1924. The same company had been responsible for the AAA (AG für Akkumulatoren- und Automobilbau) electric cars and vans which were supplied in large numbers to the German Post Office. In 1922 when they decided to move to engine driven cars they changed their name to Alfi, derived from the owners name Alex Fischer. The first Alfi model had a flat-twin engine. This was followed by a side valve inline-four engine manufactured by Steudel of Kamenz in Saxony. Next came an inline four of built by Atos of Berlin. A new Alfi company, Alfi Automobile GmbH was formed in 1927, also by Alex Fischer. This time the cars and vans were three-wheelers powered by DKW engines driving the single front wheel. These could be turned 180 degrees to propel the car backward. An additional four-wheeled model, the 4-wheeled Alfi Sport, had a 2/10PS engine, was bodied as an open or coupe two-seater, ...
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Defunct Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Of Germany
Defunct (no longer in use or active) may refer to: * ''Defunct'' (video game), 2014 * Zombie process or defunct process, in Unix-like operating systems See also * * :Former entities * End-of-life product * Obsolescence Obsolescence is the state of being which occurs when an object, service, or practice is no longer maintained or required even though it may still be in good working order. It usually happens when something that is more efficient or less risky r ...