Quadricycle
TheQuadricyclewas an early form ofautomobile.Earliest models were propelled by a smallsteam engine,then designers switched to earlyinternal combustion enginesas they became available. The word is derived from the fact that it had four wheels and used a lot of technology from thebicyclesof the era.
- 1884De Dion Bouton"La Marquise"Quadricycle[1](Steam runabout)
- 1884De Dion Bouton Victoria Quadricycle[1]
- 1889Daimler Quadricycle[2]
- 1901Peugeot 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]
- 1896Ford Quadricycle,Henry Ford's first automobile design[5]
- 1899Orient Quadricycle(aka Orient Autogo)[6]
- 1900 De Dion Bouton Quadricycle[7]
- 1901Truffault Quadricycle[8]
Additional motorized four-wheelers:
Quadricycle,quadracycle,quadcycle,quadrocycleandquadall 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 experimentalsteam automobileswere 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 thelow-speed vehicleclass in the United States.)
- Quadracycle,a four-wheeled style of cycle
- Velomobile,an enclosed human-powered vehicle
See also
[edit]- Cyclecar
- Horse and buggy
- Horseless carriage/Brass Era car
- List of motorized trikes
- Safety bicycle
- Steam locomotive
- Tricycle
- Unicycle
- Wagon
- List of land vehicles types by number of wheels
References
[edit]- ^ab1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam RunaboutArchivedMay 13, 2016, at theWayback Machine
- ^Page 56 on The Automotive Manufacturer, Volume 54 Trade News Publishing Co., 1912at books.google, accessed 8 May 2018
- ^Quadricycle Peugeot Type 3at arts-et-metiers.net, accessed 8 May 2018
- ^1890s Tandem Quadricycleat oldbike.eu, accessed 8 May 2018
- ^Brinkley, David,Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress,(New York: Penguin Group, 2003), p.22
- ^1899 Orient Autogo: Is it a bicycle? A motorcycle? An automobile?at thefinishingtouchinc, accessed 8 May 2018
- ^De Dion Bouton 1900at classicdriver, accessed 8 May 2018
- ^The 1901 Buchet Powered Truffault Quadricycle April 13, 2013at theoldmotor, accessed 8 May 2018
- ^"Code de la route - Article R311-1"(in French). Government ofFrance.1 December 2018.Retrieved10 March2019.Paragraph 4
- ^WIRED – France Is Letting 14-Year-Olds Drive This Tiny Electric Carat wired, accessed 8 May 2018
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