Paris-Rhône
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thumb|right thumb|right Paris-Rhône was a French producer of small three-wheeler electric cars based in Lyon. The vehicle was first presented in 1941 and production ended in 1950.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- automobile manufacturer
- Country
- France
- Headquarters
- Lyon
- Industry
- automotive industry
- Image
- Paris-Rhone Baby-RhoneII 2.JPG
- Width
- 1200
- Length
- 2500
- Speed
- 30
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- inception
- 1915-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1977-00-00
- Commons category
- Paris-Rhone vehicles
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thumb|right thumb|right Paris-Rhône was a French producer of small three-wheeler electric cars based in Lyon. The vehicle was first presented in 1941 and production ended in 1950.
==Origins== By the time of the Second World War, the Lyon based Paris-Rhône company had been in business as a supplier of specialist electric components to the auto-industry for approximately twenty years, which made them particularly well placed to join the electric cars band wagon that gathered pace after the German invasion of 1940 as petrol for civilian use became virtually unobtainable in France. Unlike many converts to the manufacture of electric cars, Paris-Rhône would have no problems producing their own electric motors in house.
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