page_title: Andrew L. Riker
hierarchical_section_title: Andrew L. Riker
caption_attribution_description: English: "The Providence Horseless Carriage Race - The Start". Photo of the auto race at Cranston, Rhode Island (Rhode Island State Fair) in September 1896.
context_page_description: Andrew Lawrence Riker was an early automobile designer known for helping the U.S. car industry to transition from electric to gas-powered car manufacturing. He began experimenting with electric vehicles in 1884. He formed the Riker Electric Motor Company in 1888 to make electric motors, and a year later formed the Riker Motor Vehicle Company in Elizabeth, New Jersey. The company was absorbed by the Electric Vehicle Company in 1901.
  Riker was hired afterwards by Locomobile for their ICE development.
  Riker was a Co-Founder of the Society of Automotive Engineers in 1905 and served as the first president for three years.
context_section_description: Andrew Lawrence Riker (1868–1930) was an early automobile designer known for helping the U.S. car industry to transition from electric to gas-powered car manufacturing. He began experimenting with electric vehicles in 1884. He formed the Riker Electric Motor Company in 1888 to make electric motors, and a year later formed the Riker Motor Vehicle Company in Elizabeth, New Jersey. (All of the advertising and news items refer to the location as "Elizabethport".) The company was absorbed by the Electric Vehicle Company in 1901.
  Riker was hired afterwards by Locomobile for their ICE development.
  Riker was a Co-Founder of the Society of Automotive Engineers in 1905 and served as the first president for three years.
caption: Providence Horseless Carriage Race (sept. 1896).
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