The Grinnell was an
electric car
An electric car, battery electric car, or all-electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using only energy stored in batteries. Compared to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, electric cars are qui ...
manufactured in
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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by the Grinnell Electric Car Company from 1910-13. The Grinnell was a five-seater closed coupe that sat on a wheelbase. The company claimed to have a range per charge. The vehicle cost $2,800. By contrast,
Ford Model F of 1905 and the
Enger 40 were both US$2000,
[Clymer, p.104.] the
FAL was US$1750,
the
Oakland
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40 US$1600, and the
Cole 30 and
Colt Runabout
The Colt Runabout was an American Brass-era automobile, built in Yonkers, New York, in 1907.Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925'' (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.63. by William Mason Turner.
It was a two-seater ...
US$1500.
[Clymer, p.63.]
Grinnell Electrics were produced from 1912-15. Originally a joint venture with Phipps. After 1915 Grinnell Bros. decided to focus on the musical instrument business, which began in Ann Arbor in 1879.
See also
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List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers
This is a list of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States. They were discontinued for various reasons, such as bankruptcy of the parent company, mergers, or being phased out.
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* A Automobile Company (1910–1913) 'Blue & Gold' ...
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History of the electric vehicle
Practical electric vehicles appeared during the 1890s. An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record until around 1900. In the 20th century, the high cost, low top speed, and short-range of battery electric vehicles, compared to int ...
Other Early Electric Vehicles
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American Electric
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Argo Electric
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Babcock Electric Carriage Company
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Berwick
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Binghamton Electric
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Buffalo Electric
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Century
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A centennial or ...
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Columbia Automobile Company
Columbia was an American brand of automobiles produced by a group of companies in the United States. They included the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hartford, Connecticut, the Electric Vehicle Company, and an entity of brief existence in 1899, ...
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Dayton Electric
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Detroit Electric
The Detroit Electric was an electric car produced by the Anderson Electric Car Company in Detroit, Michigan. The company built 13,000 electric cars from 1907 to 1939.
The marque was revived in 2008 by Albert Lam, former Group CEO of the Lotus En ...
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Menominee
The Menominee (; mez, omǣqnomenēwak meaning ''"Menominee People"'', also spelled Menomini, derived from the Ojibwe language word for "Wild Rice People"; known as ''Mamaceqtaw'', "the people", in the Menominee language) are a federally recog ...
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Rauch and Lang
The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company was an American electric automobile manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1905 to 1920 and Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, from 1920-1932.
History
The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company was incorporated in 1884, by ...
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Riker Electric
References
*Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925''. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
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Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan
Electric vehicles introduced in the 20th century
1900s cars
1910s cars
Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1910
American companies established in 1910
Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1913
Defunct brands
1910 establishments in Michigan
1913 establishments in Michigan
Defunct manufacturing companies based in Detroit
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