"Elektromote", world's first trolleybus, 1882, Berlin, Germany

Elektromote was the name of the world's first trolleybus, which was first presented to the public on April 29, 1882 by its inventor Dr. Ernst Werner von Siemens in Halensee a suburb of Berlin, Germany. The Elektromoto operated from April 29 to June 13, 1882, on a 540 m (591 yards) trail-track, starting at the train station Halensee to “Straße No. 5”, today's Joachim-Friedrich-Straße, to “Straße No. 13”, today's Johann-Georg-Straße, crossing the Kurfürstendamm at the Kurfürstenplatz. Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Å koda 14 Tr trolleybus in Vilnius, Lithuania. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Werner von Siemens Ernst Werner von Siemens (known as Werner von Siemens) (December 13, 1816 – December 6, 1892) was a German inventor and industrialist. ... The boroughs of Berlin Berlin is both a city and one of Germanys federal states. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... The Kurfürstendamm, Berlins upscale retail neighbourhood The Kurfürstendamm is one of the most famous avenues in Berlin, Germany. ...

The Elektromoto was a converted four wheel coach, equipped with two electric motors with 2,2 kW power each, transmitting the power using a chain drive to the rear wheels. The current used was 550 V DC. The electric power transmission to the coach was via a flexible cable to a small trailed eight-wheeled "contact car" (Kontaktwagen) running on the power lines. In English language use, the Kontaktwagen was later named "trolley", giving the trolleybus its name. // Original meaning and etymology The original meaning of the term coach was: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for the conveyance of more than one passenger — and of mail — and covered for protection from the elements. ... Rotating magnetic field as a sum of magnetic vectors from 3 phase coils An electric motor converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. ... Kwai Lo is Chinese slang for foreigner or ghost person. ... Roller chain and sprocket Mack AC delivery truck at the Petersen Automotive Museum with chain drive visible Chain drive was a popular power transmission system from the earliest days of the automobile. ... Josephson junction array chip developed by NIST as a standard volt. ... Direct current (DC or continuous current) is the continuous flow of electricity through a conductor such as a wire from high to low potential. ... This article refers to the mass transit vehicle running on rails. ...

This experimental vehicle already fulfilled all criteria of a typical trolleybus. After the demonstration runs closed on June 13, the test track was dismantled on June 20, 1882.