Elektrische Viktoria

The Electric Victoria was a Siemens - Schuckert in Berlin from 1905 -built electric car.

Technology and application

The car was built as a four-seat touring car and used as a hotel taxi, as a minibus with box- build and as vans.

The top speed was 30 km / h The electric motor is operated at a voltage of 88 V and a current strength of 40 A, this results in a power consumption of 3520 W, corresponding to about 4.8 horsepower, however, the power output was significantly lower (efficiency ). The range was 80 km with smaller battery 60, with a large battery.

Was built the car in the Berlin Siemens - Schuckert. The total number of vehicles built is unknown and was, according to Siemens between 30 and 50, the price was in production time depending on the version 11000-17500 Mark.

Development

In the course of the development process, a regenerative braking has been installed, that is the possibility of braking the motion energy again - by using the motor as a generator, - recovering the electrical energy supplied to the accumulator again.

Replica 2010

In 2010, Siemens presented a full-scale replica according to old plans. Only the battery was modified for environmental reasons. Was purchased and modernized the lighting to get a street legal. The town car type B was copied " Electric Victoria open". The weight is 1530 kg, with 480 kg of the accumulator. The charging time is on the 230 -volt AC five and a half to six hours. The car was registered on 8 April 2010 and presented to the public in Berlin on April 30. On June 21, the car crashed during a test drive in Baden, Hinterzarten. Here, the economic historian Wilfried Feldkirchen was killed and four passengers accompanying him as students were injured, some seriously.