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The Auto Moto

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ7714954
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TheAutoMoto.com Corporation is a wholesale powersports distribution company based in Los Angeles, with its primary warehouse in Van Nuys, California. TheAutoMoto.com Corporation currently specializes in a partially enclosed three-wheel tilting scooter called The Auto Moto.

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The Auto Moto is a three-wheel scooter powered by a 150cc single cylinder 4 stroke engine with an automatic CVT transmission and positraction rear wheels. It incorporates a rocker system that allows the cab to rock from side to side while carving through turns, all the while keeping its two back wheels and engine firmly planted on the ground. The Auto Moto gets a claimed 83 miles per US gallon (2.8 L/100 km; 100 mpg‑imp), making it more fuel-efficient than most hybrid cars on the market. The Auto Moto features an FM radio player with MP3 connection that plays music through its integrated stereo system. Other standard features included on The Auto Moto are a built in 72 liter trunk, 2 dashboard storage compartments, an ABS braking system for the front disc brake, a cell phone call recognition system, seating for two, an alarm system, and a full windshield with windshield wiper. Being that The Auto Moto has three wheels, some states only require the use of a regular car driver license to operate it.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “The Auto Moto” as open-knowledge reference entry. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 211-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Auto, Moto and Open-knowledge can be independently traced.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7714954. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from The Auto Moto” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.