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October 27, 2009
The first automobile that overcome 100km/h pace limit had inside electric car motor. The name of this car is La Jamais Contente , it is French word which translates like forever dissatisfied. The automobile was developed by Camille Jenatzy and he was a belgian pilot. He was a son of Constant Jenatzy, producer of rubber tires, which were a new product at that time. Camille was engineer and was interesting in autos with electric mover. It was very prospect from business point of view to produce electric autos. Jenatzy opened factory and started to make numerous electric carriages and lorries. He competed with another manufacturer Jeantaud in pace of carriages. Jamais Contente was made in order to prove to that Camille Jenatzy makes the fastest vehicles. The sample was developed it the figure of bullet from “partinium” alloy (aluminum sheets alloyed with tungsten and magnesium), made-up by Frenchman Henri Partin.
Body of vehicle is open, bullet shaped, aerodynamic structure, settled on the frame. Highly placement of driver and open chassis spoiled aerodynamic qualities. Definitely vehicle could show much better results if assembly had been improved. Car propulsion was provided by electric car parts like: two electric vehicle motors Postel-Vinay with total power 50 KWt, mounted in the back part of car. Maximum rate of rotations is 900 rotations per minute. Accumulator batteries placed on the chassis within body of automobile and on the back axle. Maximum current strength is 250 A when voltage is 200 V. Tires were made by Michelin company. Total weight is 1000 kg.
Record was established 1 may 1899 in Asher, a square north of Paris, France. Belgian sportsman reached 105,882 kilometers per hour and beat previous record of graph Gaston de Chasseeloup-Laubat , which was 92,78 kilometers per hour and was set up 4 march 1899.
But soon internal combustion motor put out electric automobile motors from marketplace for whole century. Discovery of large fuel reserves and highly developed intercity road infrastructure were main reasons for using cars with internal combustion engine. Electric motor vehicles were used only for within city carrying with limitation by their slow pace and low range, and gasoline automobiles were now able to travel farther and faster comparing with electric autos.ICE automobiles became ever easier to operate. The discovery of the electric starter by Charles Kettering in 1912 helps to abolish the need of a hand crank for starting a gasoline mover. In 1897 Hiram Percy made-up the muffler. The using of this feature helped reduce the sound emitted by internal combustion engine for bearable stage. Henry Ford was built plants and started a mass making of oil-powered vehicles which decreased the price to $440. The oil motor vehicle become available broadly in 1915.
Motor vehicle La Jamais Contente is situated in Compiegne Museum nowadays.
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