The Peugeot Quark was a

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from

Peugeot Peugeot (, , ) is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis. The family business that preceded the current Peugeot companies was founded in 1810, with a steel foundry that soon started making hand tools and kitchen equipment, and the ...

, rather like a four-wheeled motorcycle or a

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. The Quark was first displayed at the 2004 Paris Motor Show and later at the 2005 Amsterdam Motor Show. It utilised

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fuel cells and had an

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on each of the four wheels. All four motors combined gave the Quark . It could drive approximately before requiring refuelling. The Quark was long and wide. Its empty weight was and its top speed is . It could accelerate to in 6.5 seconds, and coukd carry two people with an additional load of . The Quark was not intended for production and can now be seen in

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at the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie.

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