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Quadricycle
Small motorized four wheeled vehicle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Quadricycle was an early form of automobile. Earliest models were propelled by a small steam engine, then designers switched to early internal combustion engines as they became available. The word is derived from the fact that it had four wheels and used a lot of technology from the bicycles of the era.
- 1884 De Dion Bouton "La Marquise" Quadricycle[1] (Steam runabout)
- 1884 De Dion Bouton Victoria Quadricycle[1]
- 1889 Daimler Quadricycle[2]
- 1901 Peugeot Type 2, a direct descendant of the Daimler Quadricycle, and the first automobile of the Peugeot company
- Peugeot Type 3 Quadricycle[3]
- Le Rudge Quadricycle Tandem[4]
- 1896 Ford Quadricycle, Henry Ford's first automobile design[5]
- 1899 Orient Quadricycle (aka Orient Autogo)[6]
- 1900 De Dion Bouton Quadricycle[7]
- 1901 Truffault Quadricycle[8]
This article is about small motorized four wheeled vehicles. For small four wheeled vehicles with pedals, see quadracycle.
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Additional motorized four-wheelers:
Quadricycle, quadracycle, quadcycle, quadrocycle and quad all refer to vehicles with four wheels. More specifically these terms may refer to:
- All-terrain vehicle, also known as quad or quad bike
- Motorized quadcycle, a motorcycle with four wheels
- Automobile, the first experimental steam automobiles were termed steam quadricycles
- Low-speed vehicle, referred to in some countries as a quadricycle
- Quadricycle, European classifications for light four-wheeled motorized vehicles: light quadricycles, category L6e, and (heavy) quadricycles, category L7e
- In 21st century France, a quadricycle is a 4-wheel car that cannot go faster than 45 km/h (28 mph), weighs less than 425 kg (937 lb), and has a maximum power of 4 kW (5.4 hp).[9][10] (Comparable to the low-speed vehicle class in the United States.)
- Quadracycle, a four-wheeled style of cycle
- Velomobile, an enclosed human-powered vehicle