Selden Motor Vehicle Company
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History
The Selden Motor Vehicle Company was named for inventor George B. Selden, whose 1877 patentPatent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
was the first U.S. patent of a "horseless carriage" and thus, controversially, is considered the inventor of the automobile.
The company produced cars for only three years, from 1909 through 1912. In 1913 the company was reorganized towards the production of trucks, where it had significantly more success, producing trucks until the company's sale to the Bethlehem Truck Company in 1930.
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See also
- List of defunct automobile manufacturers
- Association of Licensed Automobile ManufacturersAssociation of Licensed Automobile ManufacturersThe Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers , originally the Manufacturer's Mutual Association , was an organization originally formed to challenge the litigation of the fledgling automobile industry by George B. Selden and the Electric Vehicle Company. Ultimately, the organization took...
- Electric Vehicle CompanyElectric Vehicle Company-History:The Electric Vehicle Company was founded as a holding company of battery-powered electric automobile manufacturers made up of several car companies assembled by Isaac L. Rice beginning in 1897. It was taken over in 1899 by William C. Whitney and P. A. B...