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was designed to be more aerodynamic than its older brother, featuring pointed ends on both the front and back, which allowed it to break the record top speed of 79 km/h (49 mph) of its less aerodynamic rival the GCA
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was powered by a 26.8 kW (35.9 hp) electric engine. The car weighed around 1,400 kg (3,100 lb) and transmitted its power to the rear wheels through a chain-drive gearbox. The
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on 4 March 1899, achieving a speed of 92 km/h (57 mph). Its record, though, was quickly broken by the more famous
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layout. From 1902 to 1904, Jeantaud offered a range of 2-, 3- and 4-cylinder gasoline-engined cars similar to 1898
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The company ceased trading in 1906 following the suicide of its founder.
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in 1881. Among the vehicles he constructed was the first car to set a
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Jeantaud (France) 1881/1893–1906 (Archived copy from 28/10/2014)
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Count Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat in a Jeantaud Duc (1899)
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Jeantaud Landaulet électrique (Concours de fiacres 1898)
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French
automobile
Paris
Charles Jeantaud
coachbuilder
electric carriage
land speed record
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat
coupes
hansom cabs
front-wheel-drive
Panhards

Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat

La Jamais Contente
Jeantaud Électrique 12 HP (1895)
Jeantaud Électrique 7 HP (1895 Paris-Bordeaux)
Jeantaud Cab électrique (1898 Concours de fiacres)
Jeantaud Landaulet électrique (1898 Concours de fiacres)
Jeantaud (France) 1881/1893–1906 (Archived copy from 28/10/2014)
Burgess-Wise, David
ISBN
0785811060
Picture of a Jeantaud
Drawing of a Phaëton électrique de Jeantaud
Archived
Wayback Machine
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