Carlo Maserati on a velocipede. The velocipede was a series of Human-powered vehicles created in the Victorian age.

Carlo Maserati (Voghera, 1881 - 1910) was an Italian bicycle and automotive engineer, known as one of the Maserati Brothers. Voghera is a town and municipality (Italian Comune) of Lombardy, Italy, in the Province of Pavia. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Maserati Brothers were involved with automobiles from the beginning of the 20th century ^[1]

His engineering career started in a bicycle factory in Affori, near Milan, where he developed a one-cylinder internal combustion engine for motorized bicycles. The bicycle, cycle, or bike is a pedal-driven, human-powered vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. The internal combustion engine is an engine in which the Combustion of Fuel and an Oxidizer (typically air occurs in a confined space called a A motorized bicycle, sometimes referred to as a light electric vehicle or LEV, is a Bicycle with an attached motor used to assist with pedaling The engine went into production at Marquis Michele Carcano di Anzano del Parcos factory,^[2] using a leather strap as transmission. Michele Carcano (Michael de Carcanis de Mediolano ( Lomazzo, 1427 - March 20[[ 484]] was an Italian Franciscan preacher Anzano del Parco is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 35 km north Leather is a material created through the Tanning of hides and Skins of Animals primarily Cattlehide The Tanning process Carlo was engaged as a racer of these bicycles, winning the Brescia-Orzinouvi (1899), Brescia-Cremona-Mantua-Verona-Brescia^[3] and Padova-Bovolenta (1900). ^[4]

Carcanos factory ended in 1901, and Carlo worked as test driver for Fiat (1901-1903), then as test driver and mechanic at Isotta-Fraschini (1903) where he was joined by brother Alfieri Maserati. Fiat SpA (an Acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino (Italian Automobile Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer Isotta Fraschini represents two Italian manufacturing companies which produce respectively marine engines and luxury goods Alfieri Maserati ( September 23 1887 - March 3 1932) was an Italian automotive engineer known for establishing and leading the Maserati He moved to work on automobiles for Bianchi (motorcycles) (1907), where he raced the Coppa Florio (7th) and the Kaiserpreis (9th), before becoming manager of the Junior car company (1908). Bianchi motorcycles were made from 1897 to 1967 by FIV Edoardo Bianchi S Coppa Florio was an Italian car race started in 1900 and renamed in 1905 when Vincenzo Florio offered the initial 50 000 Lira and a cup designed The Kaiserpreis ( Emperor's Prize) named after Emperor Wilhelm II, was held in 1907 At Junior, he hired his brother Ettore Maserati. Ettore Maserati ( 1894 - August 4 1990) was an Italian automotive engineer one of five brothers who founded the Maserati firm in Bologna Carlo died of tuberculosis (1910) and his brothers established Maserati in Bologna (1914). Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common Maserati is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and Sports cars established on December 1, 1914, in Bologna. Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy

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