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Riker Electric Vehicle Company

Logo: Riker Motor Vehicle Co., Elizabeth, NJ, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer

The Riker was a veteran and brass era electric car founded in 1898 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Designed by Andrew L. Riker, they were built in small numbers until the company was absorbed by the Electric Vehicle Company in 1901.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1896Founded1
  • Industryautomotive industry1
  • HeadquartersBrooklyn1

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1900 Riker Victoria
Photo: Book author is Gardner Dexter Hiscox; there is not photographer citation for this photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

The Riker was a veteran and brass era electric car founded in 1898 in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Designed by Andrew L. Riker, they were built in small numbers until the company was absorbed by the Electric Vehicle Company in 1901.2

Products and brands

  • electric vehicle

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1902Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1896Founded Founded1

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