The Argo Electric Vehicle Company was an

electric automobile An electric car, battery electric car, or all-electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more Traction motor, electric motors, using only energy stored in Electric vehicle battery, batteries. Compared to internal combustion engi ...

manufacturer that operated in

Saginaw, Michigan Saginaw () is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Saginaw County. The city of Saginaw and Saginaw County are both in the area known as Mid-Michigan. Saginaw is adjacent to Saginaw Charter Township and considered part of Greater ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

, from 1912 to 1916. The Argo Electric used a 60 volt system with Westinghouse motors. They claimed to be capable of . It had 6 forward and 6 reverse speeds, had 36 x 4 cushion tires and used an steering wheel on the left. They were offered in both four- and five-passenger models, with open and closed versions available, and all models used steering wheels. The wheelbase was the longest of any electric at the time. The Argo

Brougham Brougham may refer to: Transport * Brougham (carriage), a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage * Brougham (car body), an automobile with a similar style Automobile models * Cadillac Brougham, 1987–1992 * Chrysler New Yorker Brougham, c. 1 ...

was a 4-passenger car, weighing , claimed a range of per charge using thirty 190 ah, MV Exide batteries. By 1914 Argo joined with the

Broc Broc (; frp, Broc, locally ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. History Broc is first mentioned in 1115 as ''Broc'' and ''Broch''. The municipality was formerly known by its German name ' ...

and Borland Electric vehicle companies to form the American Electric Car Company. Three different models were marketed. In 1916 the

Columbia Motors Columbia Motors was a Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, United States based automobile manufacturer that produced automobiles from 1916 to 1924. Columbia Motors was incorporated in 1916, with John George Bayerline as company president and William ...

Company purchased the assets of Argo.

References

External links

Electric Vehicle History
article.
Picture of 1912 Argo Brougham
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Electric vehicles introduced in the 20th century Defunct companies based in Michigan Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1912 Saginaw, Michigan Columbia Motors 1912 establishments in Michigan Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1916 1916 disestablishments in Michigan {{Brass-auto-stub

See also

References

Further reading

External links