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The Piaggio Ape (pronounced [ˈpjaddʒo ˈaːpe]; ape being Italian for 'bee'), [1] [2] initially marketed as VespaCar or TriVespa, [1] is a three-wheeled light commercial vehicle, manufactured and marketed by Piaggio as an adaptation of the company's Vespa scooter (vespa being Italian for 'wasp'). It has been in continuous production since its ...
Auto rickshaw in Sri Lanka. An auto rickshaw is a motorized version of the pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw.Most have three wheels and do not tilt. They are known by many other terms in various countries, including 3wheel, Adaidaita Sahu, Keke-napep, Maruwa, auto, baby taxi, bajaj, bao-bao, chand gari, CNG, easy bike, jonnybee, lapa, lapa-lapa, mototaxi, pigeon, pragya, tuk-tuk, tukxi, tum ...
Rickshaws were introduced to Durban, South Africa, and by 1904 there were about 2,000 registered rickshaw pullers. [8] [29] [30] Rickshaws operated in Nairobi in the beginning of the 20th century; pullers went on strike there in 1908. [31] In the 1920s, they were used in Bagamoyo, Tanga, Tanzania and other areas of East Africa for short ...
Velorex was a manufacturing cooperative in Solnice, Czechoslovakia, formed in 1936 to satisfy demand for small, inexpensive city cars. Mazda T2000 truck 1957–1974, length 6.08 m, width 1.84 m, max speed 100 km/h
A cycle rickshaw at rest, New York City, New York. Rickshaws are used in numerous cities in the United States, primarily for their novelty value as an entertaining form of transportation for tourists and locals. However, they also have environmental benefits and may be quicker than other forms of transport if traffic congestion is high.
In 1999 Morgan Grenfell Private Equity acquired Piaggio, but hopes for a quick sale were dashed by a failed joint venture in China. [clarification needed] In Italy, Piaggio invested 15 million euros in a new motorcycle but dropped it after building a prototype. By the end of 2002, the company had run up 577 million Euros in debt on revenues of ...
The Phoenix Suns are bringing in a new center. The Suns struck a deal for Charlotte Hornets 7-footer Nick Richards on Wednesday afternoon, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.In exchange, the ...
The city is known as the Rickshaw Capital of the World. Cycle rickshaws (রিকশা riksha) are the most popular modes of transport in Bangladesh and are available for hire throughout the country including the capital city Dhaka, known as the "Rickshaw Capital of the World". [16] They are either pedal or motor-powered.