Detroit Electric was one of the longest surviving automobile manufactures dedicated solely to producing electric-powered vehicles.

Prior to 1907, the company was known as the Anderson Carriage Company, and they were one of the earliest champions of battery power for their line of lightweight city cars.

After re-incorporating as Detroit Electric, the firm steadily grew, experiencing respectably strong sales throughout the teens and into the twenties, with production peaking at nearly 5,000 vehicles per year.

The Detroit Electric catalog included a variety of bodies, including open touring cars and even a sporty underslung roadster.

Yet the bulk of production was comprised of fully enclosed coupes and sedans.

These luxurious, formally-styled closed cars were the preferred transport of well-to-do, city-dwelling women who appreciated the Detroit Electric’s silent, smoke-free, no-hassle operation.

These cars’ mechanical simplicity was particularly appealing in the days before the self...