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Andrew Lawrence Riker

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American automobile engineer

United StatesScientistsLived 1868 to 1930 · aged 62
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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..

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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.

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Lived 1868 to 1930 · aged 62
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