Electric Carriage and Wagon Company Hansom Cab, ca. 1900

[grobmotorix]

Who knows this car?

[grobmotorix]

Up!

[Tackitt]

British?

[grobmotorix]

To my best knowledge - no.

[RayTheRat]

This appears to be the same vehicle, but without the wheel spats:

[grobmotorix]

Yes.

[mymokke]

Electric?

[grobmotorix]

Yes.

[RayTheRat]

Another wild guess: 1898 Woods Hansom Cab?

[grobmotorix]

It´s a hansom cab, but this is a too general name for this kind of vehicle body to lock it for you.

And it has not been buiult by a company named Woods.

[sixtee5cuda]

Built by the Electric Vehicle Company of New York in 1898.

[grobmotorix]

I´ll LOCK it for you.

But I have a slightly different name...

[sixtee5cuda]

Were you looking for Columbia?  Electric Vehicle Company took them over in 1900, and similar electric cars were made under the name Columbia.

1900 Columbia models included Mk XVI Brougham for cab service and Mk XVII Hansom Cab

[sixtee5cuda]

I did just find a copy of your image labeled as Hansom Cab by United States Automobile Co.  Operated by the New York Electrical Vehicle Company.

[grobmotorix]

Still not the right company...

[sixtee5cuda]

Was it built in New York?

[sixtee5cuda]

Morris and Salom as manufacturer?

[grobmotorix]

Was it built in New York?

No.

Morris and Salom as manufacturer?

No.

[sixtee5cuda]

Riker?

[sixtee5cuda]

Electric Carriage and Wagon Company?

[grobmotorix]

Here we are!
Finally I can award you this very well earned point...

Its a Hansom Cab, built by the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company from Philadelphia.

[sixtee5cuda]

The history of the electric hansom cab was a short and complicated one:

In 1896, building off the Electrobat of 1894, Morris and Salom construct their two-seater Electric Road Wagon and formed the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company, evidently the first electric car company in America. The Electric Road Wagon was developed into a series of coupes and hansoms for use as taxis in New York. These vehicles had rear-wheel steering, two 1/2 hp motors, and 44 lead-acid cells which gave them a range of 30 miles. Their company was purchased by Isaac L. Rice of Electric Storage Battery. Along with Pope (Columbia) and Riker, these companies combined and were the foundation for the Electric Vehicle Company and the "lead cab" syndicate (1899) which tried early to monopolize the automobile industry in America but failed to do so.

[grobmotorix]

Thank you for those interesting facts!

And here´s yet another photo: