General Vehicle Company

General Vehicle Company

Formerly	Vehicle Equipment Company
Company type	Truck and Car Company
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	1907;118 years ago (1907)
Defunct	1920;105 years ago (1920)
Headquarters	Long Island City, US
Products	Trucks  ; cars

GV 0.5 t delivery van (1914)

GV Bus 20 passengers (1914)

GV Trucks (1915)

GV advertisement (1912)

GV advertisement (1916)

The General Vehicle Company of Long Island City, was a truck manufacturer.

History

The company was founded in 1907 in Long Island City, in the U.S. state of New York, as the successor to the Vehicle Equipment Company. The first vehicles were electrically powered passenger cars, and from 1908, commercial vehicles were also produced, also equipped with electric motors. The brand name was GV. Starting in 1913, trucks with gasoline engines were built under a license from the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft, alongside they still-produced electric vehicles. In 1915, there was a merger with the truck division of the Peerless Motor Car Corporation. Production of GV vehicles continued until 1920. By the end of 1911, 1,000 vehicles had already been produced. The order situation for 1912 was good. ^[1] In 1914, total production of 4,000 GV electric vehicles was exceeded. The production went to around 900 different customers, with the electric industry forming the main focus with around 25%, or 1,000 vehicles. ^[2] In 1916, a production number of 5,000 vehicles was reached.

Products

In 1913, six different models were produced.

In 1916 ^[3]

• GV Mercedes 6 t, $4.500
• GV 2t, $2.600
• GV 3.5 t, $3.250
• GV 5 t, $3.700

References

1. "General Vehicle Company booked orders". Power wagon no.86-91 1912. 1912-02-01. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
2. "General Vehicle Company Thirteen Years of Progress". "G.V." central station bulletin v. 1-3 (Jan. 1914-Jan. 1916). 1914-01-01. Retrieved 2025-12-11.
3. "General Vehicle Company 1916". The Commercial vehicle v. 15 (1916-1917). 1914-01-01. Retrieved 2025-12-11.