Engineering:Tribelhorn
The Tribelhorn was a Switzerland electric car manufactured from 1899 until 1919 in Zurich. Production began in earnest in 1902; three- and four-wheelers were offered. The company also produced trolleytrucks that were used in Gümmenen and Mühleberg Switzerland between 1918 and 1922 during the construction of a dam. It produced only light utility vans after 1919 when it was taken over by EFAG (Electrische Fahrzeuge AG).
History
The Company A. Tribelhorn & Cie. AG began in 1902 in Feldbach with the production of automobiles and trucks. In 1918 the name was changed to Electrische Fahrzeuge AG and moved to Altstetten. In 1920 the production was stopped.
Vehicles
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There were vehicles manufactured exclusively with electric motor. The focus was on the production of commercial vehicles, while passenger cars were only produced in small quantities. 1902 created the first prototype.
- 74 cars and 4 trucks from Tribelhorn were registered in Switzerland in 1910.[1]
- Patent Tribelhorn (1912)[4]
- A total of 250 electric Cars in 1913 were registered in Switzerland, most of those produced by Tribelhorn.[5]
- Electric wheelchair from Tribelhorn in 1915.[6]
- 112 vehicles were built by Tribelhorn in 1918.[9]
- Tribelhorn Bestellfourgon 3t.[10]
Two vehicles of this brand are in the Verkehrshaus der Schweiz to be seen in Luzern.
It is also the name of a conference room at Tesla Motors, Inc.
Bibliography
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader: Die große Automobil-Enzyklopädie. BLV, München 1986, ISBN:3-405-12974-5. (in German)
- G.N. Georgano: Autos. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (in French)
- Ernest Schmid: Schweizer Autos. Die schweizerischen Automobilkonstruktionen von 1868 bis heute. Auto-Jahr, Lausanne 1978, ISBN:2-88001-058-6. (in German)
- Martin Sigrist: Johann Albert Tribelhorn und sein Erbe bei EFAG und NEFAG – Pioniergeschichte des elektrischen Automobils. Verein für wirtschaftshistorische Studien, Zürich 2011, ISBN:978-3-909059-54-6 (Schweizer Pioniere der Wirtschaft und Technik. Bd. 93). (in German)
References
- ↑ "Registered Tribelhorn in Switzerland in 1910", Journal de Genève, (22.06.1911), p. 5
- ↑ "Registered Tribelhorn in Switzerland in 1912", Journal de Genève, (29.01.1986), p. 9
- ↑ "Registered Tribelhorn in Switzerland in 1912", Pester Lloyd, (21.09.1913), p. 34
- ↑ Tribelhorn Patent", Elektrotechnik und Maschinenbau, (1912-06-02), p. 473
- ↑ Tribelhorn 1913", Elektrotechnik und Maschinenbau, (1915-09-05), p. 434
- ↑ "wheelchair Tribelhorn 1915", Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, (1915-11-07), p. 29
- ↑ "Registered Tribelhorn in Switzerland in 1917", Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, (1917-04-29), p. 10
- ↑ "Registered Tribelhorn in Switzerland in 1917", Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, (1918-07-28), p. 35
- ↑ "Production of Tribelhorn in 1918", Automobilia : l'automobile aux armées, (1918-12-15), p. 34
- ↑ "Bestellfourgon 3t", Auf Schweizer Alpenstrassen = Sur les routes alpestres suisses, Band 6 (1932) p. 61 , Fig.6
- David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles.[page needed]
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