Solved: PN #1152 -- Electric Vehicle by Teikoku Electric Manufacturing

[pnegyesi]

Please ID this car for a point. Brand and year will be sufficient

[norberthanke]

トヨタ 1955

[pnegyesi]

not a Toyota and earlier than 1955

[pnegyesi]

Experts?

[Carnut]

1953?
Is it Japanese?

[pnegyesi]

yes

[Carnut]

Ohta?

[pnegyesi]

earlier than 1953.
Not an Ohta

[Carnut]

Tama?
1951/2 prototype for a 1953 model?

[mekubb]

Is the brand still active ?

[pnegyesi]

not a Tama. The company still exists. Earlier than 1951.

[Carnut]

Prince?

[pnegyesi]

no

[Carnut]

Datsun?

[pnegyesi]

no

[Carnut]

Isuzu?

[pnegyesi]

look at my wording

Not Isuzu

[Carnut]

I've used up all the names I had for makes in existence in the late forties/early fifties and still in existence, so I was trying one that we think of as being later but in fact some of them did exist earlier but didn't really produce cars until later...

How about Subaru?

[pnegyesi]

not Subaru. Just look at my wording and think about what it means

[Carnut]

Does the company still make cars?
How about Nissan?

[pnegyesi]

No, the company does not produce cars any more, so it is not a Nissan

[mekubb]

Are they still active in automotive ?

[Carnut]

NJ?

[pnegyesi]

Not NJ, the company is a parts supplier today

[dracu777]

Mitsui?