Andrew Lawrence Riker was the founder of the Riker automobile and a talented engineer. He was involved with the iconic 'Old 16' gas-powered Locomobile that won the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup, and a founder of the Society of Automotive Engineers. The early Riker Electric vehicles employed a series of batteries that offered approximately three horsepower and steering was controlled by a tiller. 
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View info and historyThe Riker Company merged with the Electric Vehicle Company in 1900 and produced trucks under the Riker name with production ceasing in the same year.
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