BMW Golf Car

Boulevard Machine Works was a small California company founded by Leslie Perhacs, a Hungarian immigrant who settled in the Studio City area during the 1920s.

He established a 12,000-square-foot research and development workshop in North Hollywood, at the corner of Burbank and Vineland Avenues.

The company used the initials BMW, which stood for Boulevard Machine Works rather than Bavarian Motor Works. Perhacs developed and sold a range of electric vehicles, including golf carts, boats, cycles, amusement park rides, vehicles for paraplegics and small electric cars.

The BMW Golf Car was a four-wheeled electric vehicle available in one-passenger and two-passenger versions. The single-passenger model was priced at $680, while the two-passenger version cost $1,195.