[3] The Autoette was also marketed and sold as a golf cart and an early electric wheelchair or invalid car for the disabled.
Starting in 1953, some models could be equipped with a small "accessible" door on the vehicle's curb side, at the level of the seat, to facilitate entry.
The vehicle was designed in Long Beach, California around 1936 by Robert Tafel as an improvement and alternative to “Custer” cars which were popular in the region.
[2][3][4] Following the war, a welder named Royce Seevers worked his way up in the company, becoming the majority owner around 1952.
It was briefly sold to Wayne Industries, a street sweeping company, in 1953, but was reacquired by Seevers in 1958 until production stopped in the 1970s.