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The American battleship New Mexico was provided with gearless Entz magnetic transmission across an air gap. Ray M. Owen, of Baker, Rauch & Lang, the manufacturers of electric cars (Baker, Raulang), adapted it for automotive use in the Owen Magnetic car, a luxury car introduced in 1914. A normal 6-cylinder petrol engine in the Owen Magnetic car generated the electric power which operated the transmission in the Owen Magnetic car. The Owen Magnetic car disappeared in 1921, but J.L. Owen took over the system and offered Owen Magnetic car technique in a car called the Crown Magnetic: a push-rod ohv six of nearly 7-litres’ capacity. With British engines, he also sold it in the United Kingdom (British Ensign). Electrical transmission, with its smoothness and flexibility, obviated the need for gear-changing, but the Crown Magnetic car, like the Owen Magnetic car was expensive and unconventional.
Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; TRN
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