Amédée Bollée
French inventor of early steam cars and independent suspension.
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Amédée-Ernest Bollée, known after 1867 as Amédée père, was a French bellfounder and inventor who specialized in steam cars. He is notable for developing the earliest known form of independent suspension.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 11 January 1844
- Died
- 20 January 1917
- Nationality
- French
- Known for
- Independent suspension, steam cars
- First steam vehicle
- L'Obéissante (1873)
- First series production automobile
- La Mancelle (1878)
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Did You Know?
- Amédée-Ernest was the eldest son of Ernest-Sylvain Bollée, a bellfounder and inventor who moved to Le Mans in 1842.
- He became seriously ill in the 1860s and delegated day-to-day business to his three sons.
- His brothers were Ernest-Jules (1846–1922), who supervised the hydraulic ram business, and Auguste-Sylvain Bollée (1847–1906), who controlled the Éolienne Bollée wind-turbine factory.
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- Wikipedia: Amédée Bollée (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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