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The Flocken Elektrowagen is an early electric vehicle developed by the Coburg manufacturer Andreas Flocken in 1888 and built by Maschinenfabrik A. Flocken. It is considered the first four-wheeled electric car that was made in Germany.

History
In 1888 Andreas Flocken incorporated a department for electrical engineering in his machine factory in Coburg and from then on experimented with electric vehicles. In the same year, the first Flocken electric car was born. This vehicle was originally similar to the Daimler motor coach of 1886 by Gottlieb Daimler, a chaise, but utilized an electric motor. Little is known about the development work by Flocken. In 1888 he produced a high-wheeled, iron-milled carriage (high center of gravity, narrow gauge, turntable steering, etc.) with an electric motor whose power of about 0.9 kW was transmitted by means of leather straps on the rear axle. The wooden vehicle should have reached 15 km / h top speed and have been 400 kilograms.In the following years further models were developed. This is how the photo of a two-seater built around 1903 in the Deutsches Museum exists. This model had a steering knuckle, pneumatic and equal sized spoke wheels with ball bearings and full elliptic springs and a battery box on the front axle. The tie rod was laid down and had a control handle. In addition, the vehicle had electric lights, which is considered a possible novelty. Construction of Flocken's vehicle was discontinued in 1903.

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