The company displayed the electric Columbia runabout at the 1900 Automobile Club Show. Its range was said to be 100 miles with a top speed of about 15 mph. The company absorbed the Hartford Cycle Co as well as the New Haven Carriage Company, to build its vehicles. Views below show aspects of the manufacturing process, looks like a lot of woodworking and hand assembly.
Arthur Pulos, American Design Ethic, MIT Press, 1983
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