The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company was an American

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manufacturing company from 1912 until 1915 located at 1219-1247 Main Street in

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. The motorcars were marked under the Buffalo brand. The company was formed by a merger of several electrical vehicle and allied companies which included: *

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(whose founder Francis A. Babcock became Buffalo's president) *

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whose trucks were continued by the new company *The Buffalo Automobile Station Company * Buffalo Electric Carriage Company *The Clark Motor Company

History

The company's automobiles were commonly marketed to affluent women as an alternative to the dangerous manual crank starting that was required with a gasoline vehicle. The company went out of business in 1916.Buffalo's Electric Automobiles c. 1905
. '', Retrieved 2011-04-17 The Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building is a historic automobile factory and

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located at Buffalo in

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. It was constructed in 1910–1911. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying six photographs''
/ref> The building has been redeveloped as home to "Artspace Buffalo." The company's factory and showroom was listed on the

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in 2005.

References

External links

Early Electric Car CompaniesBuffalo Electric Vehicle Company Building - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.comPreservation Studios Buffalo, NY: historic building rehabilitation and preservation consultants
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