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Tribelhorn 1902-1920 - Swiss electric car manufacturer

Name: Tribelhorn Hotel-Omnibus 1912
Brand: Tribelhorn

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Created in 2008

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Roger Gloor

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Darin Schnabel - Courtesy RM Auctions

Bruno von Rotz

Darin Schnabel - Courtesy RM Auctions

Bruno von Rotz

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Lignières Historique 2014 - Impressions - The guests of honor are chauffeured around the course electrically in the Tribelhorn of the Swiss Museum of Transport

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Tribelhorn Electric Brougham (1905) - offered as lot 192 at the RM Auction Amelia Island on March 9, 2013

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There have been around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of which have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is the Swiss electric car manufacturer Tribelhorn. The best-known models are the hotel buses, which were a kind of ancestor of today's minivans. In addition to passenger cars, Tribelhorn also produced trucks.

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"Fabrik elektr. Fahrzeuge A. Tribelhorn & Cie" - this inscription was found on two buildings in Feldbach between Stäfa and Rapperswil on Lake Zurich from 1902. Although Tribelhorn was an isolated case among Swiss car manufacturers, there were still significant electric car factories in Germany and especially in the USA. The quiet, smoke-free running still spoke in favor of this type of drive, but a higher price and a short range between recharging the batteries had to be accepted. The very first Tribelhorn was a small car with front-wheel drive. Later, Tribelhorn was based on the design of conventionally powered cars with a front hood, even though the electric drive unit had now been moved to the rear.

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