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lectric vehicles are nothing new; they date back to the late 19th Century. Dr. Ferdinand Porsche built a four-wheeldrive electric car that was named the most innovative invention at the 1900 Worlds Fair in Paris. Seven years later, the Detroit Electric was the most popular car and the choice of women who could not crank start an internal combustion engine. Henry Fords wife Clara drove a Detroit, as did a number of doctors who required a quick getaway car. An interesting attempt to revive the electric car in the United States was made in the late-50s by an unlikely combination of companies. The National Union Electric Company (NUEC), the parent company of a coachbuilder called Henney
Nigel Matthews
collector classics (best known for building hearses and ambulances) joined forces with the Eureka Williams Corporation (Eureka Vacuum cleaners) and the Exide Battery Corporation (another NUEC subsidiary). Together they embarked on a proj-
ect to build an electric car. The Henney Kilowatt was produced using Renault Dauphines supplied by the French automaker less a drivetrain. Two models were produced; the 1959 model used 18 two-volt batteries and had a dismal top speed of 64 km/h (40 mph) and could only cover a total distance of 64 kilometres (40 miles). Victor Wouk from Caltech developed a new controller and a 72-volt system (12 six-volt Exide batteries) which increased the top speed to 96 km/h (60 mph) with a range of 96 kilometres (60 miles) to match. Fewer than half of the 100 Renaults were converted and the project died simply because they could not keep the sale price below the targeted $3,600. The unfinished Renaults were sold
Renault Dauphines were used when the Henny Kilowatt experiments were carried out in the 1950s. Submitted Photo
to a dealer in Florida who retrofitted them with Renault drivetrains and sold them as new Dauphines. Occasionally you will come across one of these rare cars. Check out this video at [Link]
watch?v=yOFqmJ1iyZE Nigel Matthews is the sales and marketing executive for Hagerty Canada ([Link]). He can be reached at nmatthews@[Link]
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