The Pedicar was a pedal powered quadricycle velomobile developed in 1973 by the Environmental Trans-Sport Corporation in Windsor, Connecticut.
Background edit
The Pedicar had a seat and an enclosed body with one door. The vehicle was propelled by a unique linear cable drive train with five forward and one reverse gear. The four wheels were standard bicycle wheels.[1]
The vehicle was designed by Robert L. Bundschuh, a 38 year old ex-Gyrodyne aircraft engineer and his coworker, Lionel Martin, in 1972. They produced 20 models which sold for $500 in 1973. Flyers and TV commercials were produced.[2]
Despite being marketed as a replacement for an automobile during the ongoing oil crisis and being fully enclosed from the weather, the Pedicar was not as commercially successful as the contemporary People Powered Vehicle and manufacturing issues prevented a contract with the U.S. Army from being completed.[3]
References edit
- ^ Galleger, Sheldon M. (May 1974). "Pedal cars: the gasless way to go". Popular Mechanics. p. 98. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- ^ Алексей Перижняк (24 March 2011). ""Pedicar" Роберта Бундшуха" – via YouTube.
- ^ Hephaestus (8 April 2012). "The Left-handed Cyclist: Pedicar Technology". lefthandedcyclist.blogspot.com.
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