Qooder
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| Formerly | Quadro Vehicles |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | |
Areas served | Europe, United States |
Key people | Paolo Gagliardo, CEO |
| Products | Motorized three and four wheeled vehicles, scooters |
| Brands | Qooder, QV3, Oxygen, Nuvion |
| Subsidiaries | Qooder USA |
| Website | Qooder |
Qooder SA (formerly Quadro Vehicles) is a Swiss manufacturer of street-legal vehicles. Its flagship product is the Qooder, a four-wheeled tilting street vehicle. Its other products include a three-wheeled tilting vehicle similar to the Qooder, as well as electric scooters. It operates in the United States under the subsidiary name Qooder USA.
History
[edit]Qooder was founded as Quadro Vehicles in 2010 and is headquartered in Vacallo, Switzerland. It released its first three-wheeled vehicle in 2011 and its first four-wheeled vehicle in 2015.[1] It was rebranded from Quadro Vehicles to Qooder,[2] and in 2019 it entered the US-market with its Qooder brand under the subsidiary Qooder USA.[3]
Vehicles
[edit]Qooder
[edit]The Qooder is a model of street-legal motorized quadricycles and is the flagship of Qooder SA.[4] It is a four-wheeled scooter and has double rear-wheel drive with mechanical differential and 4-wheel integral braking.[5] It has a hydro-pneumatic suspension, known as "Hydraulic Tilting System," or "HTS," which allows a rider to tilt all of the wheels simultaneously for motorcycle-like riding dynamics.[6] In 2020 it incorporated an electronic version of the HTS, known as E-HTS, which locks the tilting while the vehicle is stopped or parked to allow riders to keep their feet up while stopped.[7]
The Qooder is gasoline operated and also available in an electric version[5] which utilizes the Zero Motorcycles electric drive system.[8] The Qooder is a street-legal vehicle that also has an off-road enduro version called the XQooder.[5]
X Qooder
[edit]Adventure motorcycle version of Qooder, with crash bars and all-terrain tyres.
QV3
[edit]The QV3 is a motorized tricycle similar to a motorcycle, only with two wheels in the front and one wheel in the rear.[9] It also uses the Hydraulic Tilting System and is available in an electric version which was released in 2020.[5]
Oxygen and Nuvion
[edit]Oxygen is a zero-emissions brand of electric scooter. Born as a division of Atala and later acquired by Quadro, currently sold two wheeled electric vehicle designed for travel in urban locations and where motor vehicles are restricted.[10] The Nuvion is a light weight gas powered three wheel leaning vehicle similar to the QV3.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Meyer, Didier (14 November 2017). "Quadro Vehicles : nouveau CEO et nouvelle alliance avec Sym". Moto Services (in French).
- ^ Inoz, Paolo (18 November 2019). "QOODER will put a smile on your face (FUORI EICMA 2019)". Adventure Rider.
- ^ "Quadro Vehicles sbarca negli Stati Uniti". La Repubblica. 30 September 2019.
- ^ Burns, John (12 September 2019). "Quadro Qooder Coming to America". Motorcycle dot com.
- ^ a b c d "All'EICMA nuovo Qooder e altre 5 novità per Quadro Vehicles" (in Italian). Ait Motori. 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Qooder E La Moon Gravity" (PDF). Wired (in Italian). 24 May 2018.
- ^ "Qooder, le sospensioni e-HTS sul nuovo modello". InMoto (in Italian). 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Zero and Quadro team up to build four-wheel e-Qooder". British Dealer News. 12 March 2018.
- ^ "Quadro Vehicles a Eicma 2019 con 7 novità" (in Italian). Motori. 1 November 2019.
- ^ "Quadro Oxygen 2020". Motorbike Magazine (in Spanish).
- ^ "Novità Quadro Vehicles a EICMA 2018". Inmoto (in Italian).