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The Standard Electric automobile was an
Standard Electric at ConceptCarz.com
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Electric vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Defunct manufacturing companies based in Michigan Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1911 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1915 Cars introduced in 1911 Electric vehicles Brass Era vehicles 1910s cars
The Standard Electric automobile was an electric car
An electric car or electric vehicle (EV) is a passenger car, passenger automobile that is propelled by an electric motor, electric traction motor, using electrical energy as the primary source of propulsion. The term normally refers to a p ...
manufactured by the Standard Electric Car Company in Jackson, Michigan
Jackson is a city in Jackson County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The population was 31,309 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located along Interstate 94 in Michigan, Interstate 94 and U.S. Route 127 in Michigan, U.S ...
from 1912 to 1915.
History
The Standard Electric usedelectric motor
An electric motor is a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. Most electric motors operate through the interaction between the motor's magnetic field and electric current in a electromagnetic coil, wire winding to gene ...
s made by Westinghouse and claimed to have a range of on a charge. It was operated by a tiller from the left-hand side. The controller had six forward speeds, and had a top speed of . The model M was a closed model coupe
A coupe or coupé (, ) is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and typically with two doors.
The term ''coupé'' was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. It comes from the Fr ...
or open runabout, and priced from $1,785 to $1,900, .
In 1913 the company name was changed to Standard Car Manufacturing Company. In November 1915, Standard Car closed and sold their plant to Benjamin Briscoe who moved in to build his Argo cyclecar.
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{{Commons category, Standard Electric vehiclesStandard Electric at ConceptCarz.com
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Electric vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Defunct manufacturing companies based in Michigan Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1911 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1915 Cars introduced in 1911 Electric vehicles Brass Era vehicles 1910s cars