Quadricycle

The Quadricycle was an early form of <a href="/facts/Automobile/I1IsH8IK">automobile</a>. Earliest models were propelled by a small <a href="/facts/Steam_engine/f7hN8vzm">steam engine</a>, then designers switched to early <a href="/facts/Internal_combustion_engine/Ju4BXzj0">internal combustion engines</a> as they became available.
The word is derived from the fact that it had four wheels and used technology derived from the <a href="/facts/Bicycles/nxBVrlBF">bicycles</a> of the era.

<ul><li>1884 <a href="/facts/De_Dion_Bouton/aQowjcFW">De Dion Bouton</a> "<a href="/facts/La_Marquise/Qts92aEz">La Marquise</a>" Quadricycle (Steam runabout)</li>
<li>1884 De Dion Bouton Victoria Quadricycle</li>
<li>1889 <a href="/facts/Daimler_Stahlradwagen/YxCNY8hA">Daimler Quadricycle</a></li>
<li>1901 <a href="/facts/Peugeot_Type_2/jb5I9aj2">Peugeot Type 2</a>, a direct descendant of the Daimler Quadricycle, and the first automobile of the Peugeot company</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Peugeot_Type_3/SxWJChBP">Peugeot Type 3 Quadricycle</a></li>
<li>Le Rudge Quadricycle Tandem</li>
<li>1896 <a href="/facts/Ford_Quadricycle/RrFYWzRX">Ford Quadricycle</a>, Henry Ford's first automobile design</li>
<li>1899 Orient Quadricycle (aka Orient Autogo)</li>
<li>1900 De Dion Bouton Quadricycle</li>
<li>1901 Truffault Quadricycle</li></ul>
Additional motorized four-wheelers:

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Duryea_Motor_Wagon/qg8sz8ff">Duryea Motor Wagon</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Benz_Velo/xFBrb0wD">Benz Velo</a></li></ul>
Quadricycle, quadracycle, quadcycle, quadrocycle and quad all refer to vehicles with four wheels. More specifically these terms may refer to:

<ul><li><a href="/facts/All-terrain_vehicle/eA7yrYlm">All-terrain vehicle</a>, also known as quad or quad bike</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Qooder/5HNMncdq">Motorized quadcycle</a>, a motorcycle with four wheels</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Automobile/I1IsH8IK">Automobile</a>, the first experimental <a href="/facts/Steam_automobile/S3JxJTMc">steam automobiles</a> were termed steam quadricycles</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Low-speed_vehicle/Rz0yUaIJ">Low-speed vehicle</a>, referred to in some countries as a quadricycle</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Quadricycle_(EU_vehicle_classification)/KE9xzRmk">Quadricycle</a>, European classifications for light four-wheeled motorized vehicles: light quadricycles, category L6e, and (heavy) quadricycles, category L7e</li></ul>
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).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a> (Comparable to the <a href="/facts/Low-speed_vehicle/Rz0yUaIJ">low-speed vehicle</a> class in the United States.)
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Quadracycle/ExylGjzU">Quadracycle</a>, a four-wheeled style of cycle</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Velomobile/0SNn8Lf0">Velomobile</a>, an enclosed human-powered vehicle</li></ul>

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