Electric Vehicle Company was a manufacturer of Brass Era electric and internal combustion automobiles in Hartford, Connecticut. Their line of electric cars was marketed as the Columbia. The automotive Brass Era is the first period of automotive manufacturing, named for the prominent brass fittings used during this time for such things as lights and radiators. ... An electric vehicle is a vehicle that is propelled by electric motors. ... A colorized automobile engine An internal combustion engine is an engine that is powered by the expansion of hot combustion products of fuel directly acting within an engine. ... A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. ... HARTFORD is the capital of the state of Connecticut, in Hartford County. ... An electric vehicle is a vehicle that is propelled by electric motors. ...

The 1904 Columbia Brougham was a brougham model. Equipped with a tonneau, it could seat 4 passengers and sold for US$3500. Twin electric motors were situated at the rear of the car. Similar Columbia Coupe coupes, Columbia Hansom hansoms, were also produced for the same price and could hit 13 mph (21 km/h). A Columbia Victoria Phaeton phaeton model was priced at US$3000 but was based on the same design. 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1915 Detroit Electric Brougham Invented by Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, a brougham was a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage of the 1800s. ... 1903 Ford Model A rear-door Tonneau Tonneau is an archaic term for an open rear passenger compartment on an automobile and, by extension, a body style incorporating such a compartment. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... 1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupe (or coupé) is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ... Hansom cabs were light, fast and low-slung. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

The Columbia Surrey and Columbia Victoria were more traditional horseless carriages. Both used the same power system as the larger cars, with twin electric motors, but cost much less at US$1500 and US$1600, respectively. The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

At the bottom end of the range was the Columbia Runabout. Priced at just US$750, it used a single electric motor with an Exide battery and Concord springs. Runabouts were a popular car body style at the beginning of the 20th Century. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

The Columbia Touring Car was an entirely different car. A touring car model, it used a tonneau, seating 6 passengers, and resembled the touring models offered by many other companies at the time. Priced at US$4500 to $5000, it used a vertically-mounted straight-4, situated at the front of the car, producing 24 hp (17.9 kW). A 4-speed sliding transmission was fitted. The car weighed 3000 lb (1361 kg). One design innovation was the "false frame" supporting the engine.-1... 1903 Ford Model A rear-door Tonneau Tonneau is an archaic term for an open rear passenger compartment on an automobile and, by extension, a body style incorporating such a compartment. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ...

References

• Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly (January, 1904)