Bachelle Electric
Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
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The Bachelle Automobile company was an electric automobile company from Chicago, Illinois.
History
In fall of 1900, a man named Otto von Bachelle (a noted electrical engineer[1]) made his first electric car.[2] It was a small, compact car, and was only produced in small numbers. It did not survive after 1904. von Bachelle was last heard from in 1915.[2] The cars could travel 35 miles (56 km) on one charge.[1] Otto later became consulting engineer at Hupmobile.[2][3]