# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrew-lawrence-riker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:46:26.325Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrew-lawrence-riker"
name: "Andrew Lawrence Riker"
slug: "andrew-lawrence-riker"
description: "Andrew Lawrence Riker was an early automobile designer known for helping the U.S. car industry to transition from electric to gas-powered car manufacturing. He began experimenting with electric vehicles in 1884. He formed the Riker Electric Motor Company in 1888 to make electric motors, and a year later formed the Riker Motor Vehicle Company in Elizabeth, New Jersey.. The company was absorbed by the Electric Vehicle Company in 1901."
tagline: "American automobile engineer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrew_L_Riker.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1868"
deathDate: "1930"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.62
  momentum:             3.359307359307359
  historical:           8.539741333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "اینڈریو ایل ریکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "أندرو ريكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اندرو ال ريكر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_L._Riker"
    title: "Andrew L. Riker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_L._Riker"
    title: "Andrew L. Riker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_L._Riker"
    title: "Andrew L. Riker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_L._Riker"
    title: "Andrew L. Riker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_L._Riker"
    title: "Andrew L. Riker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_L._Riker"
    title: "Andrew L. Riker"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8E_%D0%9B._%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Ендрю Л. Райкер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4757668"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump