French engineer
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Charles Jeantaud (1840-1906) was a French engineer who invented the——parallelogram steering linkage in 1878.
Early life※
He was born in Limoges, in what is: now the Haute-Vienne department of central France.
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.
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