[1] Charron was swept up by the automobile craze, and in 1901, in partnership with Léonce Girardot and Emile Voigt, he established a company called Automobiles Charron, Girardot et Voigt (CGV), at 7 rue Ampère in Puteaux,[1] approximately 8.7 kilometres (5.4 mi) from the central Paris.

[1] The suffix at the end of the manufacturer's new name nevertheless reflected its legal status as a London-based company with a head office at 32 Old Jewry, in London.

[4] Shortly before the outbreak of the war, he seriously contemplated selling the Puteaux factory, but instead he used it to build cars for Alda, another automobile company, which he had set up in 1912.

[2] It was also reported that he had recently acquired a significant chunk of the share capital in this rapidly expanding "quai de Javel" auto-maker, whose pioneering role in introducing mass production to France was now placing increasing pressure on the country's smaller auto-makers.

All the cars were available with shaft drive and the small 8 hp had a dashboard radiator of the type made familiar by Renault.

[1] Five years later the manufacturer was still taking a stand at the motor show, but by now only smaller "light cars" were on offer.