The Selden Motor Vehicle Company was an early American manfucturer of automobiles. The Company, founded in 1905, was based in Rochester, New York.
History
The Selden Motor Vehicle Company was named for inventor George B. Selden, whose 1877 patent was the first U.S. patent of a "horseless carriage" and thus, controversially, is considered the inventor of the automobile. The company produced cars for only three years, from 1909 through 1912. In 1913 the company was reorganized towards the production of trucks, where it had significantly more success, producing trucks until the company's sale to the Bethlehem Truck Company in 1930.
See also
- List of defunct automobile manufacturers
- Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers
- Electric Vehicle Company
References
- Barnes, J. W. (1981, April). Rochester and the Automobile Industry. Rochester History, XLIII
