American Chocolate
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The American Chocolate later known as Walter was an American
United States
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 assembled car manufactured by a noted vending machine
Vending machine
A vending machine is a machine which dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, alcohol, cigarettes, lottery tickets, consumer products and even gold and gems to customers automatically, after the customer inserts currency or credit into the machine....

 company from 1903 to 1906. The cars were built from imported components, and were 30, 40, and 50hp
Horsepower
Horsepower is the name of several units of measurement of power. The most common definitions equal between 735.5 and 750 watts.Horsepower was originally defined to compare the output of steam engines with the power of draft horses in continuous operation. The unit was widely adopted to measure the...

 models. Production was supervised by Swiss
Switzerland
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 engineer William Walter, who began building cars in 1898. The company relocated to Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. As of the 2010 United States Census, Trenton had a population of 84,913...

in 1906, where it began producing cars under the name Walter
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