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Pope Manufacturing was an innovator in the use of stamping for the production of metal parts. Hiram Percy Maxim was head engineer of the Motor Vehicle Department. In 1897, Pope Manufacturing began production of an electric vehicle. By 1899, the company had produced over 500 vehicles. The Electric Vehicle division was spun off that year as the independent company Columbia Automobile Company but it was acquired by the Electric Vehicle Company by the end of the year. Pope tried to re-enter the automobile manufacturing market in 1901 by acquiring a number of small firms, but the process was expensive and competition in the industry was heating up. Pope declared bankruptcy is 1907 and abandoned the automobile industry in 1915. |
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