We have been offered a 1911 electrically powered lorry which we are told was built by a company named BERGMAN and served with the German Air Services during WW1.
If anyone has any info we would be very gratefull.
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Can anyone shed light on the following vehicle please?
We have been offered a 1911 electrically powered lorry which we are told was built by a company named BERGMAN and served with the German Air Services during WW1.
If anyone has any info we would be very gratefull.
We have been offered a 1911 electrically powered lorry which we are told was built by a company named BERGMAN and served with the German Air Services during WW1.
If anyone has any info we would be very gratefull.
Sigmund Bergmann was a colleague of Thomas Alva Edison. He returned to Germany in 1906 or 1907 and set up Bergmann- Elektriztatswerk AG. This built a range electric motors which were use in a wide range of electric vehicles produced by various manufacturers in a number of countries (including Britain). He had another factory that produced Edison batteries.
AFAIK they didn't produce vehicles per se (but I could be wrong). Are you sure this isn't a lorry powered by a Bergmann engine?
AFAIK they didn't produce vehicles per se (but I could be wrong). Are you sure this isn't a lorry powered by a Bergmann engine?
QUOTE (centurion @ Oct 3 2009, 06:14 PM) 
Sigmund Bergmann was a colleague of Thomas Alva Edison. He returned to Germany in 1906 or 1907 and set up Bergmann- Elektriztatswerk AG. This built a range electric motors which were use in a wide range of electric vehicles produced by various manufacturers in a number of countries (including Britain). He had another factory that produced Edison batteries.
AFAIK they didn't produce vehicles per se (but I could be wrong). Are you sure this isn't a lorry powered by a Bergmann engine?
AFAIK they didn't produce vehicles per se (but I could be wrong). Are you sure this isn't a lorry powered by a Bergmann engine?
No I cant be sure centurion, I have not seen it personally. You may well be right. Thanks for this info.
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