General Vehicle Company

The company was founded in 1907 in Long Island City, in the U.S. state of New York, as the successor to the Vehicle Equipment Company. The first vehicles were electrically powered passenger cars, and from 1908, commercial vehicles were also produced, also equipped with electric motors. The brand name was GV. Starting in 1913, trucks with gasoline engines were built under a license from the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, alongside they still-produced electric vehicles. In 1915, there was a merger with the truck division of the Peerless Motor Car Corporation. Production of GV vehicles continued until 1920. By the end of 1911, 1,000 vehicles had already been produced. The order situation for 1912 was good. ^[1] In 1914, total production of 4,000 GV electric vehicles was exceeded. The production went to around 900 different customers, with the electric industry forming the main focus with around 25%, or 1,000 vehicles. ^[2] In 1916, a production number of 5,000 vehicles was reached.

In 1913, six different models were produced.

In 1916 ^[3]

• GV Mercedes 6 t, $4.500
• GV 2t, $2.600
• GV 3.5 t, $3.250
• GV 5 t, $3.700