Rauch and Lang

The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company
Company type	Automobile Manufacturing
Industry	Automotive
Genre	Touring cars
Founded	1905
Founder	Jacob Rauch and Charles E.J. Lang
Defunct	1920
Headquarters	Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Area served	United States
Products	Vehicles; Automotive parts

The Rauch & Lang Carriage Company was an American electric automobile manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1905 to 1920 and Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, from 1920-1932.^[1]

Cleveland years

Wagon builders Charles Rauch and Charles E.J. Lang began producing electrically powered automobiles in 1905 with a stanhope style vehicle.^[1] By 1908 they were producing 500 automobiles a year.^[1] In 1916, the company merged with Baker Electric.^[2] After 1919, the automobiles were known as Raulangs.^[2]

Owen Magnetic

The Owen Magnetic was manufactured in the Rauch and Lang factory from 1916-1919.^[1]

Chicopee Falls years

In 1920, the Stevens-Duryea company bought out Rauch and Lang and moved production to Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts. The company focused on producing taxi cabs and offered both electric and gasoline versions. Automobile production ended in 1928, but the company continued producing trucks and buses for a few more years.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr; Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805–1942. Iola, WI: Krause Publications. p. 1264. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.
^ ^a ^b Wise, David Burgress (2000). The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Chartwell Books. ISBN 0-7858-1106-0.

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[Kimes-1] Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr; Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805–1942. Iola, WI: Krause Publications. p. 1264. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.

[Wise-2] Wise, David Burgress (2000). The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Chartwell Books. ISBN 0-7858-1106-0.

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