Eadie was an English
automobile
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manufactured from 1898 until 1901. A product of
Redditch
Redditch is a town and non-metropolitan district with borough status in Worcestershire, England. It is located south of Birmingham, east of Bromsgrove, north-west of Alcester and north-east of Worcester. In 2021, the town had a population of ...
, it was built as either a motor
tricycle
A tricycle, sometimes abbreviated to trike, is a Human-powered transport, human-powered (or gasoline or electric motor powered or assisted, or gravity powered) Three-wheeler, three-wheeled vehicle.
Some tricycles, such as cycle rickshaws (for pa ...
or
quadricycle
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The word is derived from the fact that it had four ...
, and featured a 2¼
De Dion engine
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Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power ge ...
.
See also
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List of car manufacturers of the United Kingdom
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Current manufacturers
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*AC Cars, AC (1908–present)
*Action Automotive (2004–present)
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References
* David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''.
Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of England
Companies based in Redditch
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