Velocar
Sign in to save1933 Mochet Velocar|thumb thumb|1945 Mochet Velocar thumb|right|upright=1.0|Francis Faure in his [[world record-setting Velocar in 1938]] Velocar was the name given to velomobiles made in the 1930s and 1940s by Mochet et Cie of Puteaux, France and colloquially to the company's recumbent bicycles.
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1933 Mochet Velocar|thumb thumb|1945 Mochet Velocar thumb|right|upright=1.0|Francis Faure in his [[world record-setting Velocar in 1938]] Velocar was the name given to velomobiles made in the 1930s and 1940s by Mochet et Cie of Puteaux, France and colloquially to the company's recumbent bicycles.
was the inventive maker of lightweight powered cyclecars (Le P'tit Auto) and pedal-powered cars (quadricycles), mainly two-seaters, built on a tubular-steel chassis with bicycle-sized wheels, variable gears, and aerodynamic bodywork, in effect a faired-in "sociable". The popularity of the little cars declined in the late 1930s as cheaper, powered cars became available, only to rise rapidly when petrol became almost unobtainable during World War II, 1939–1945.