The Van Wagoner was an American electric automobile manufactured between 1899 and 1903 in Syracuse, New York, by the Syracuse Automobile Company.
It was advertised as "built on a simple plan that does away with several levers and push buttons" and could purportedly be "controlled with one hand.
"[1] During 1900 the model was renamed to the Syracuse and was produced under that name until 1903.
There were a number of reported problems with the car in 1901 because the rear brake compressor periodically gave out.
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