Quadricycle

Small motorized four wheeled vehicle

This article is about small motorized four wheeled vehicles. For small four wheeled vehicles with pedals, see quadracycle.

Quadricycle, with an i, was a popular term for human or motorized four wheel bike-like vehicles around the turn of the 19th to 20th century

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 technology derived 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]

Additional motorized four-wheelers:

* Duryea Motor Wagon
* Benz Velo

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

## See also

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* 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

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1. ^ a b 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout Archived May 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Page 56 on The Automotive Manufacturer, Volume 54 Trade News Publishing Co., 1912 at books.google.com, accessed 8 May 2018
3. ^ Quadricycle Peugeot Type 3 at arts-et-metiers.net, accessed 8 May 2018
4. ^ 1890s Tandem Quadricycle at oldbike.eu, accessed 8 May 2018
5. ^ Brinkley, David, Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, (New York: Penguin Group, 2003), p.22
6. ^ 1899 Orient Autogo: Is it a bicycle? A motorcycle? An automobile? at thefinishingtouchinc.com, accessed 8 May 2018
7. ^ De Dion Bouton 1900 at classicdriver.com, accessed 8 May 2018
8. ^ The 1901 Buchet Powered Truffault Quadricycle April 13, 2013 at theoldmotor.com, accessed 8 May 2018
9. ^ "Code de la route - Article R311-1" (in French). Government of France. 1 December 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2019. Paragraph 4
10. ^ WIRED – France Is Letting 14-Year-Olds Drive This Tiny Electric Car at wired.com, accessed 8 May 2018