Émile Delahaye (16 October 1843 – 1 June 1905) was a French automotive pioneer who founded Delahaye Automobiles.
Émile Delahaye was born in Tours, Indre-et-Loire. He studied engineering at Arts et Métiers Paris Technical trade school in Angers, the same educational institution later attended by Louis Delâge, another French automobile pioneer.
For a time, Emile Delahaye worked in Belgium, at the Crail Engineering works, a company known for making steam locomotives. He returned to Tours following the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, where he went to work for Monsieur Berthon, the proprietor of the Berthon Foundry And Machineworks, as his administrative assistant and senior engineer.
Delahaye married in 1873 but the couple were not young enough to conceive any children. In 1879 Emile assumed control of the Brethon Foundry and Machine-works, a business manufacturing brick kilns and related equipment for the ceramics trade. Delahaye experimented with steam and internal combustion engines, eventually converting part of the company's production to manufacturing stationary petrol engines for pumps.
1894, he displayed his first automobile at the inaugural Paris Motor Show, held in a large Paris art gallery. Aside from the myriad motorized bicycles and tricycles, Emile's was one of only two automobiles entered.
To publicize his product, Delahaye raced one of his cars in the first,1896, Paris–Marseille–Paris road race. Faced with health problems, and realizing the need for additional invested capital, better machine tools, and larger assembly space, Delahaye partnered with two Paris industrialists, brothers-in-law Leon Desmarais and Georges Morane. By 1898 the newly incorporated owners relocated their automobile production from Tours to the industrial building in the Gobelin district of Paris that Desmarais and Morane inherited. By 1901 Delahaye's rapidly deteriorating health forced him to step down as President. He sold his shares to his partners, and retired to the French Riviera where he died in 1905.
The company Émile Delahaye founded survived until 31 December 1954.
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Some of their strengths
Émile Delahaye has many admirable traits.
Based on spiritual traditions from around the world, they are someone who can be described as Intelligent, Caring, Diplomatic, Intuitive, Compassionate, Loyal, and Charming.
Intelligent and Inquisitive
According to Mysticism’s Astrology tradition, Émile Delahaye is someone who is an intelligent, inquisitive, and imaginative person, who is practical, considerate, kind, and diplomatic in dealings with others. A person who is known for being fun and creative.
Adaptable and Versatile
Based on Daoism’s Ba-Zi or ‘Chinese Zodiac’ tradition, people who know Émile Delahaye well know them as someone who can be adaptable, flexible, and polite, like a flower or a sapling.
Productive and Perseverent
According to Hinduism’s Jyotisha or ‘Vedic Astrology’ tradition, many would also describe Émile Delahaye as someone who is productive, persevering, deliberate, and direct.
A person who is creative, has good luck with work and money, good listening skills, good relationships with people at work, is a good teacher or counselor, and who is good at organizing groups, teams, or causes.
Social and Intuitive
Based on the Mayan Tzolk’in or ‘Mayan Astrology’ tradition, Émile Delahaye is someone who values forming deep friendships and relationships, and who has strong intuition and reasoning skills .
They are also someone who is altruistic, tolerant, and sophisticated, and who tends to be a perfectionist who is always working to try and make everything and everyone better.
Justice-seeking and Peaceful
According to Judaism’s Kabbalah tradition, Émile Delahaye tends to be someone who loves peace and is ready to go to any costs to achieve it. Who has a taste for the good things in life, tends to be a good organizer, has a thirst for knowledge, and who tends to have the respect of friends and acquaintances.
Some of Émile Delahaye's challenges
While Émile Delahaye has many strengths, nobody is perfect. They also have some challenging traits they need to manage.
For example, Émile Delahaye can be Stubborn, Unrealistic, Hesitant, Narcissistic, Emotional, Standoffish, and Hypocritical.
Hesitant and Narcissistic
One of Émile Delahaye's key challenges is that they are someone who can be hesitant and narcissistic.
Émile Delahaye must also exercise caution as they can have a hard time reconciling wants and needs, and can be short-tempered and aggressive, and can have difficulty dealing with responsibility, authority, or criticism.
Possessive and Stubborn
Émile Delahaye is someone who can be possessive, jealous, inflexible, and stubborn, can have a habit of being a frivolous spender, and who can feel insecure or cynical in romantic relationships and have difficulty forming productive personal and professional partnerships.
Pleasure-seeking and Indecisive
Finally, Émile Delahaye also can put others first too much, and hem-and-haw too much when making a decision.
