Sibrandus Stratingh - Jekels Jacht - Diederik Jekel

Sibrandus Stratingh, first electric car reconstructed

In collaboration with, among others, Aventus, our colleague Bert Hofstede helped to rebuild the electric motor of Sibrandus Stratingh’s very first electric car on a large scale for the TV programme Jekels Jacht.

Watch the full episode

The original design of Sibrandus Stratingh

Bron Rijks Universiteit Groningen

Read more about the original design on the University of Groningen’s website. Or see how Omroep Groningen also reported on Oogtv about this electric car that appeared on the streets of Groningen.

Would you like to see the full-scale model we created? Get in touch with us or view the scale models at the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave.