Rauch and Lang
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| Automobile Manufacturing | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Genre | Touring cars |
| Founded | 1905 |
| Founder | Jacob Rauch and Charles E.J. Lang |
| Defunct | 1920 |
| Headquarters | Cleveland, Ohio, United States |
Area served | United States |
| Products |
Vehicles Automotive parts |
The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company was an American electric automobile manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1905 to 1920 and Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts from 1920-1932.[1]
Cleveland years
Wagon builders Jacob Rauch and Charles E.J. Lang began producing electrically powered automobiles in 1905 with a stanhope style vehicle.[1] By 1908 they were producing 500 automobiles a year.[1] In 1916, the company merged with Baker Electric.[2] After 1919, the automobiles were known as Raulangs.[2]
Owen Magnetic
The Owen Magnetic was manufactured in the Rauch and Lang factory from 1916-1919.[1]
Chicopee Falls years
In 1920, the Stevens-Duryea company bought out Rauch and Lang and moved production to Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. The company focused on producing taxi cabs and offered both electric and gasoline versions. Automobile production ended in 1928, but the company continued producing trucks and buses for a few more years.[1]
See also
- List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers
- History of the electric vehicle
Other Early Electric Vehicles
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr, Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805–1942. Iola, WI: Krause Publications. p. 1264. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wise, David Burgress (2000). The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Chartwell Books. ISBN 0-7858-1106-0.
External links
- Company history at secondhandgarage.com
- What Happened to the Electric Car? Buy a Rauch & Lang Coupe (1909)
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