{"id":184,"date":"2018-10-18T18:08:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T18:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fossmobile.ca\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2018-11-05T17:15:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T17:15:30","slug":"premiere-voiture-a-essence-au-canada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fossmobile.ca\/fr\/premiere-voiture-a-essence-au-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Premi\u00e8re voiture \u00e0 essence au Canada!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fossmobile.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/42491515_158022748461001_5760469210375389184_n-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"The inside of George Foot Foss' machine shop where the Fossmobile was built.\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fossmobile.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/42491515_158022748461001_5760469210375389184_n-300x205.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fossmobile.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/42491515_158022748461001_5760469210375389184_n.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-49\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur de l&rsquo;atelier d&rsquo;usinage de George Foot Foss, o\u00f9 le Fossmobile a \u00e9t\u00e9 construit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Le Fossmobile a \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7u et fabriqu\u00e9 par George Foote Foss. Il poss\u00e9dait son propre atelier offrant des services d\u2019usinage, de forge et de r\u00e9paration de v\u00e9los, \u00e0 Sherbrooke,. Il s&rsquo;est int\u00e9ress\u00e9 aux automobiles apr\u00e8s avoir roul\u00e9 dans une voiture \u00e9lectrique lors d&rsquo;une visite \u00e0 Boston, au Massachusetts. Au cours de l&rsquo;hiver de 1896, Foss travailla sur une automobile \u00e0 quatre chevaux monocylindre qu&rsquo;il a compl\u00e9t\u00e9e au printemps de 1897. Ce v\u00e9hicule \u00e9tait le premier du genre \u00e0 \u00eatre construit au Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Foss a conduit sa voiture autour de Sherbrooke pendant quatre ans. Il d\u00e9m\u00e9nagea plus tard \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al, o\u00f9 la voiture resta inutilis\u00e9e pendant un an avant qu\u2019il la vendre pour 75 $ en 1902. Foss avait pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment refus\u00e9 une offre de partenariat avec Henry Ford de la Ford Motor Company. Il a rejet\u00e9 l&rsquo;offre, estimant que le v\u00e9hicule de Ford \u00e9tait inf\u00e9rieur au Fossmobile. Il a \u00e9galement refus\u00e9 tout soutien financier \u00e0 la production de masse de la Fossmobile, invoquant son inexp\u00e9rience de le faire.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_51\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fossmobile.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Fossmobile-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Brother Harry, driving the Fossmobile\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fossmobile.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Fossmobile-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fossmobile.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Fossmobile-326x245.jpg 326w, http:\/\/www.fossmobile.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Fossmobile-80x60.jpg 80w, http:\/\/www.fossmobile.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Fossmobile.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fr\u00e8re Harry Foss conduisant la Fossmobile avec sa cousine Marjorie Sherill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>&nbsp; Le Fossmobile a \u00e9t\u00e9 con\u00e7u et fabriqu\u00e9 par George Foote Foss. 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