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Emilio de la Cuadra I Albiol was an entrepreneur and a lieutenant borned in Sueca, Valencia Spain in 1859. He built an hydroelectric in Lérida, Spain and founded the “Compañía General de Coches-Automóviles Emilio de la Cuadra S. en C.”, an automotive plant in Barcelona. He intended to build several electric vehicles at that time.
Emilio de la Cuadra I Albiol was an entrepreneur and a lieutenant borned in Sueca, Valencia Spain in 1859. He built an hydroelectric in Lérida, Spain and founded the “Compañía General de Coches-Automóviles Emilio de la Cuadra S. en C.”, an automotive plant in Barcelona. He intended to build a car, a bus and a truck, all of them electric but none of them succeeded. Later on, he gave up the electric vehicles and used internal combustion engines for his models. In 1901 the company had to be closed and Emilio de la Cuadra turned back to the Spanish army. He died in 1930.
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variant spelling:
de La Cuadra, Emilio
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Curriculum vitae
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* 1859
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Sueca, Spain
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Emilio de La Cuadra I Albiol was born in Sueca, Spain
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1877
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Spain
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He joined the Artillery Academy
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1881
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Spain
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He finished his studies in the army
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1889
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Paris, France
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Emilio de la Cuadra went to the París Exhibition
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1898
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Spain
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He sold the hydroelectric company and moved to Barcelona to established his automotive company named as “Compañía General de Coches-Automóviles Emilio de la Cuadra S. en C.”
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1900
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production of electrical buses
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1901
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Barcelona, Spain
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Due to the economic situation of the company he is forced to close the company and turned back to the Spanish army
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† 1930
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Spain
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Emilio de la Cuadra died on february in 1930
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