Production chronology1940–1941
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
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Breguet / Model record
BreguetType A1
Production1940–1941
Recorded originFrance
ClassTwo-seat electric microcar
First of Breguet's occupation-era electric automobiles, created as aircraft orders and gasoline availability collapsed. It established the compact central-tube chassis, narrow rear track and rear-motor layout developed for the A2. Later popular histories call it A1, while the French defence archive describes the earliest design simply as Type A and notes that its plans do not survive. Conflicting battery descriptions are not resolved by inventing a pack voltage beyond the documented 72-volt motor system.
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
Record depth — Documented
How this is measured → This record contains useful sourced evidence, but it does not yet meet the reference-ready standard. Still needed: attributed imagery. Fields we cannot source stay empty rather than guessed.
Research notes
Experimental predecessor to the A2; accessible sources do not establish more than the initial vehicle.