Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Detroit Electric


Related Topics

  
  Detroit Electric - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The electric vehicle was mainly sold to women drivers and physicians who desired the dependable and immediate start without the physically demanding hand cranking of the engine that was required with early internal combustion engine autos.
Clara Ford, the wife of Henry Ford, drove Detroit Electrics from 1908 when Henry bought her a model C coupe with a special child seat, through the late teens.
An electric car is depicted in the Donald Duck comic books as the car of the character Grandma Duck but the car depicted is more likely a Baker or a Rauch and Lang.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Detroit_Electric   (464 words)

  
 Panorama of Old Detroit - Electric Streetcars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It's hard to overstate the importance of streetcars to the urban center that was 1906 Detroit.
A Detroit workingman in 1906 could ride anywhere on the system's 184 miles of track for 6¢, 3¼¢ if he bought tickets in a book of eight.
Electric motors in the "trucks" under the wood-frame cars draw power from a 600-volt overhead trolley.
www.merit.edu /~jimmoran/detphot/scar.html   (197 words)

  
 [No title]
Detroit Edison states that it supports the creation of a viable and economically sound ROA program and to that end, in part, it does not request full recovery of the net economic harm during the term of its proposal.
Detroit Edison cites Sections 10a(9) and 10a(12) of Act 141 for the proposition that the AG's proposal is unlawful because it purports to set the market value of Detroit Edison's generating plant as if they had been actually sold and market prices were obtained for the output.
Detroit Edison explains that while the AG agrees with ABATE that a stranded benefit exists for Detroit Edison, the AG however offers no justification that its methodology at arriving at the conclusion is realistic or philosophically compatible with Act 141.
www.cis.state.mi.us /mpsc/orders/alj/2001/u12639.htm   (8409 words)

  
 EV History
An electric vehicle held the land speed record and these vehicles, being clean and not requiring a hand crank to start them, were a favorite with lady motorist.
Detroit Electric produced a variety of electric cars over the years but specialized in producing luxury cars for wealth ladies.
By the 1930s, electric cars were only being made to special order and when Detroit Electric built it's last car in 1935, the first era of electric vehicles came to a close.
pages.prodigy.net /noela/photo.htm   (1122 words)

  
 Once teeming with auto plants, Detroit now home to only a few nameplates
Detroit is still unquestionably the world's automotive capital, as this year's North American International Auto Show demonstrated, but as a center of automotive assembly it is just a ghost of its former self.
The main Detroit Hupp Jefferson Avenue plant was enlarged in 1924 to 1,570,000 square feet of floor space, and over 250,000,000 square feet with subsidiaries counted.
The Detroit Electric became the most famous and longest-lived electric car until it quietly disappeared from the scene during the Depression.
info.detnews.com /history/story/index.cfm?id=16&category=business   (3552 words)

  
 Detroit Diesel Electric Generator
Detroit diesel engines power our SDMO diesel generators for all your electric generators needs from, construction generators or industrial customers seeking standby generators.
Detroit Diesel Corporation and MTU Friedrichshaven have unveiled the products produced by their two year joint venture to develop and market a line of distinctive new engines.
Detroit Diesel Marine and Industrial dealers service the Diesels in the USA.
www.electric-generator.org /detroit_mtu.htm   (235 words)

  
 DETROIT EDISON CO - DTA Quarterly Report (10-Q) MANAGEMENT'S NARRATIVE ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Lost margins and electricity volumes associated with electric Customer Choice were approximately $59 million and 2,480 gigawatthours (gWh) in the 2004 second quarter and approximately $109 million and 4,622 gWh in the 2004 six-month period.
Detroit Edison received an interim order in this rate case authorizing an increase in base rates of $248 million annually, effective February 21, 2004, and is applicable to all customers not subject to the rate cap.
Detroit Edison is also requesting recovery of $187 million of historical stranded costs, through the date of the final order in this case, to be collected pursuant to PA 141.
sec.edgar-online.com /2004/08/05/0000950124-04-003563/section2.asp   (6246 words)

  
 GM to build big SUV hybrids - 11/05/03
But the recent history of such Detroit efforts -- electric vehicles few wanted, a hybrid Dodge Durango SUV that failed to materialize and the federal Partnership for Next-Generation Vehicle -- is marked more by auto-show talk and public relations hype than real products.
One credible way for Detroit's automakers to rebut such criticism is to join the hybrid game soon and in a meaningful way.
But there's growing evidence that Detroit's automakers understand those dynamics better and are moving to correct their past mistakes.
www.detnews.com /2003/insiders/0311/05/a01-316983.htm   (1376 words)

  
 Saturday Evening Post, 1960.03.12, Are Electric Cars Coming Back?
Some of the vintage electric trucks which are still in use were built before World War I. In fact, the durability of the old-timers is one reason why enthusiasts predict a comeback.
The year 1930 saw the end of manufacture of the ladies' electrics of Jack Paar's memories - decorously silent, glittering with plate glass, costing thousands in a day when dollars were way uptown, they were finally smothered when emergence of the self-starter made gas cars practical for women drivers.
Atlantic City Electric's program has also included a study of electric trucks in England, where close to 30,000 of them are making many-stop deliveries of milk, bakery goods, laundry, sacked coal, and so on.
www.econogics.com /ev/se600312.htm   (4719 words)

  
 Detroit's amusement parks
The boardwalk at Electric Park, near the approach to the Belle Isle bridge, sometime prior to 1919.
Although Coney Island set the standard, the Detroit shoreline was not far behind as a destination for immigrants hungry for entertainment.
Electric Park, Detroit's first mammoth amusement enterprise, opened May 26, 1906, near the Belle Isle Bridge approach.
info.detnews.com /history/story/index.cfm?id=104&category=life   (1163 words)

  
 Water Winter Wonderland - Where Vintage Michigan Lives On!
Detroit News - 1/6/2003 Electric Park, Detroits first mammoth amusement enterprise, opened May 26, 1906, near the Belle Isle Bridge approach.
In February 1921, the Coliseum and Pier, the largest concession on the riverfront was destroyed by fire.
In 1927, after long and bitter legal battles, Electric Parks amusement centers were condemned by the city as eyesores.
www.waterwinterwonderland.com /amuse.asp?id=305&type=2   (544 words)

  
 Prints Old & Rare - Detroit, MI page
This impressive double page size view of Detroit Michigan shows a great many views of the city of Detroit and the city of Windsor Canada.
Beautifully hand colored engraving from the August 17, 1889 issue of Harper’s Weekly, titled "General View of the Buildings and Grounds of the Detroit International Fair and Exposition." Wonderful view of Belle Isle, the island in the Detroit River where the grounds were located.
Belle Isle Park, in the Detroit RIver, is shown with its streets marked.
www.printsoldandrare.com /detroit   (447 words)

  
 York Technical College
This 1918 electric car was purchased by Duke Power Company in 1993 from Dr. and Mrs.
The electric motor is directly under the passenger compartment, and batteries are located under the hood and the trunk.
In a company-sponsored test, a Detroit Electric ran 211.3 miles on a single battery charge, though 80 miles between charges was the figure generally advertised.
www.yorktech.com /ev/1918.asp   (279 words)

  
 News Release: 1993-06-16 ARB Certifies First Detroit Produced Electric Vehicle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The ARB expects that as many as 40,000 new electric vehicles will be sold in 1998, when two percent of each major manufacturer's California production is required to be zero-polluting.
The ARB has estimated that, throughout a 100,000 mile road life, an electric car is 200 times less polluting than the cleanest models running on any other fuel, when power plant emissions are considered.
While the Caravan represents the first Detroit-produced electric vehicle to be approved in California, the ARB has certified one other ground-up electric design; the Kewet El-jet commute car, and has also approved aftermarket electric conversion from nine different manufacturers.
www.arb.ca.gov /newsrel/NR061693.HTM   (397 words)

  
 Electric Cars in Detroit
Detroit were produced by Anthony Electric, Baker Electric, They Electric.
By the 20th century electric cars and rail commercial were commonplace, with transport electric automobiles having the majority of the market.
Evhistd The Detroit Co. car was produced from 1907 to 1938 by the Anderson Carriage electric.
www.hybrid-car-advice.info /Electric-Cars-in-Detroit.php   (1460 words)

  
 Electric Cars
At the turn of the century, electric cars were viewed not only as a mode of transportation but also as a social asset.
Electric trucks and buses survived into the 1920s, later than passenger cars, especially in Europe.
Note: The last electric car company, Detroit Electric, still made cars on special order in the 1930s.
www.aaca.org /bntc/kidskorner/picturepgs/electric.htm   (147 words)

  
 ZAP Debunks Detroit's Electric Car Myth
Despite this, officials at Santa Rosa, California electric vehicle developer ZAP, say ZEVs are alive and well in California, even without the ZEV Mandate.
Doug Kelly, President of ZAP subsidiary RAP Group, says, "Now that the conventional automakers have beat back the electric car mandate and seem to be pulling the plug on their electric car programs, interest from consumers are higher than ever before.
The automakers had provided testimony to California that electric cars are not practical and there is no consumer demand, despite never offering an electric car for sale on the open market and despite waiting lists full of people at car dealerships interested in purchasing electric cars.
www.theautochannel.com /news/2003/05/15/161398.html   (523 words)

  
 ISO
Detroit Electric is primarily a sales and service center for industrial electrical, electronic, and mechanical products and services.
Detroit Electric is committed to being an outstanding supplier of Industrial Drive Equipment, Packaged Drive Solutions, and after market services.
Detroit Electric’s policy is to provide excellent repair service, superior customer satisfaction, and continued quality improvement.
www.detroitelectric.com /html/iso.html   (90 words)

  
 evhistd
It was interesting in that the electric version of the truck was built on the same assembly line as the gasoline and diesel versions of the truck.
The Detroit electric car was produced from 1907 to 1938 by the Anderson Carriage Co. (1907-1910), then the Anderson Electric Car Co. (1911-1918) and finally the Detroit Electric Car Co (1919-1938), all of them being located in Detroit.
The 31-year span of production makes this one of the longest-lived electric cars being produced, and it was one of the more popular makes of electric cars in the U.S. While more than 1,000 vehicles per year were produced some years prior to 1914, production fell off after that and dramatically into the 1920's.
www.econogics.com /ev/evhistd.htm   (893 words)

  
 Detroit Electric sedan Car Spares and Information on Detroit Electrics, sedans etc
Simply go to the relevant page for your Detroit Electric - see the menu on the Classics Free Ads homepage if this isn't it - and post your ad for free.
Detroit Electric ID metal tag, 1907-1910, says \Anderson Carriage Co\ on it, amnd \Battery 3020\ and Type 21P\ $100.00 U.S. funds, and you [ay shipping to your location, and insurance, if desired.
You can buy general Detroit Electric titles, and search for model specific sedan titles in their online catalogue.
www.oldclassiccar.co.uk /freeads/detroit_electric_sedan.htm   (1072 words)

  
 Other Electric Vehicles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Under the car is an electric motor with a right hand drive to a sprocket driving a chain to the differential.
The electric motor drives the real differential through a (cogged?) belt.
This picture was taken a few years ago at the Electric Vehicle race in Chandler Arizona.
home.att.net /~NCSDCA/EVAoSD/otherev.htm   (242 words)

  
 Energy Suppliers - Electric Choice Program
Electricity is supplied through a system of three separate activities that Detroit Edison has historically performed.
Transmission is the movement of high voltage electricity from a power plant to the local distribution system near the customer.
This system will vary slightly with Electric Choice because all customers will soon be able to choose an electric generation supplier who best meets their needs.
www.suppliers.detroitedison.com /internet/ecprogram.jsp   (173 words)

  
 Clara Ford's 1914 Detroit Electric   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
lara Ford's 1914 Detroit Electric Model 47 Brougham resided at Fair Lane from 1916 until the 1930's.
Initially incorporated for the proposed Edison-Ford electric cars, the outlets were probably only used for servicing Clara Ford's Detroit Electric.
This car is on loan from the Detroit Historical Museum.
www.henryfordestate.org /claracar.html   (130 words)

  
 Difference Detroit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Loans and Debt: Detroit Mortgages - Detroit Mortgages Detroit Mortgages and Loans and Debt Salomon - Sport Amphib (Detroit/Detroit/Asphalt) - Men's Zappos.com is proud to offer the Salomon - Sport Amphib (Detroit/Detroit/Asphalt) - Men's: A lace up, all-conditions shoe with maximum breathability and comfort.
Mortgages: Detroit Mortgages - Detroit Mortgages Detroit Mortgages - Mortgages GetSmart® a service of Lending Tree®, Inc. GetSmart is the easy, no obligation way to find the loan that's right for you.
DST - Detroit Alumnae Chapter - Detroit, MI - We are connected to 88 years of "a grand and glorious sisterhood".
www.rtsy.org /27/21.html   (923 words)

  
 detroit diesel generators   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Detroit diesel generators, electrical and portable power generators.
Offers finest quality Detroit diesel generators, electrical and portable power generators, industrial standby and backup power engines.
Rai and Sons - Exporters and suppliers of detroit diesel powered dg sets, diesel generator set, power generators, dg power generating sets and related spare...
www.bestgeneratorsguide.com /60/detroit-diesel-generator-atlanta.html   (274 words)

  
 1912 Detroit Electric   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For a blast from the past may of the spectators took a ride in style.
The 1912 Detroit Electric is owned by the Province of BC and is in the custody of VEVA.
It runs on 96 volts consisting of 16 x 6v lead acid batteries (original equipment was nickle iron but I understand that after 60+ years of operation the nickle cases were getting pin holes and could not be rebuilt).
www.haritech.com /Detroit.html   (111 words)

  
 Panorama of Old Detroit - Electric Streetcars
Though there is some truth to the automakers' conspiracy against electric traction (established in court in the mid-1950's), Detroiters voted with their feet, willingly abandoning the street rail system.
Today, bus lines in Detroit sketch nearly the same routes as their ponderous trolley predecesors, but at vastly reduced ridership and, some would say, with vastly inferior service.
Ridership never materialized, and Detroiters now deride this federally-funded boondoggle as "the train that goes nowhere." Yet, the People Mover does enjoy heavy use during Red Wings games and the annual Detroit Auto Show, and it may play an important role in rebuilding the office space community downtown.
www.merit.edu /~jimmoran/detphot/scar2.html   (625 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The firm was officially renamed the Anderson Electric Car Company, and the “Chainless” Direct Shaft Drive was introduced to the public.
The company named was changed the next year to Detroit Electric Car Company, although body production was still under the name Anderson.
After WWI electric cars fell from public favor and Detroit Electric remained one of the few left.
inform.wayne.edu /resources/special_collections/local/cfai/pages/detroitelectric.html   (348 words)

  
 Railroad Name Index--D
My story of the Detroit and Mackinac Railway: Personal reminiscence (1940) of George L. Wakeman of the development of the railroad, especially relating to the work of James Dudley Hawks.
Predecessors Detroit, Howell and Lansing; Ionia and Lansing
Alger papers: Copies of outgoing correspondence (1885-1886) concern railway dispute between the Detroit, Lansing and Northern and the Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan.
www.umich.edu /~bhl/bhl/mhchome/railroad/rrnamed.htm   (3252 words)

  
 news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
You can find out all there is to know about the band who revolutionized Detroit rock at the Detroit Institute of Arts on October 30th.
The White Stripes, Eminem and the Electric Six were all up for an award, but only one of D-town's finest has won - the
They are also scheduled to support Spiritualized in the U.K. and the White Stripes in the U.S. They will open for The Kills in Detroit at the Magic Stick on October 4th.
www.motorcityrocks.com /100503.htm   (495 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.