Charles Jeantaud

French engineer

Charles Jeantaud (1840-1906) was a French engineer who invented the parallelogram steering linkage in 1878^{[citation needed]}.

Early life

He was born in Limoges, in what is now the Haute-Vienne department of central France.^[1]

Career

In 1881 he built his first electric car, with help from Camille Alphonse Faure, who had built the first modern day car battery in 1881. The vehicle had a Gramme-design electric motor with a Fulmen-made battery. From 1893 to 1906 he built vehicles under the trademark Jeantaud in Paris.

Personal life

He committed suicide in 1906.

References

^ Birthplace

http://www.lepopulaire.fr/limoges/loisirs/art-litterature/2015/03/22/le-limougeaud-charles-jeantaud-fut-lun-des-peres-de-la-voiture-electrique_11374211.html