Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1901 — Studebaker’s First Automobile. [ARTICLE]

Studebaker’s First Automobile.

A test was made in South Bend on Saturday of the first automobile made by the Studebaker Manufacturing company, and the result was satisfactory. The vehicle carries under the middle of the bed an electric storage battery sufficient for a 50 mile run on good roads, and is geared for an average speed of 11 miles an hour. About two and a half months were devoted to the construction of this vehicle. It will be sent to Chicago to be tried on the streets there.