International Human Powered Vehicle Association

The International Human Powered Vehicle Association ( IHPVA ), was founded in the U.S. in 1976, has been operating since 2008, however, as the World Human Powered Vehicle Association ( WHPVA ).

Hostile Takeover

In 1998, the U.S. Club HPVA split off from the IHPVA and entered 2004 from this. In the context of a dispute over the name of the home side's HPVA to take possession of the domain ihpva.org, and she now leads since 2008 even the name of the International Human Powered Vehicle Association ( IHPVA ), while the original bearer of the name itself necessarily looking for a new name had. The original IHPVA had objected to the acquisition of the domain with ICANN without result.

Tasks of both the IHPVA and the WHPVA are in control, verification and recognition of records, setting up rules of competition, coordination of appointments of championships and exchange of information. Today's IHPVA makes this especially on the American continent; the WHPVA on the European continent, where Australia and Asia are included where possible.

Between the American HPVA / IHPVA and international IHPVA / WHPVA there for ten years and always conflicts over race categories, records and copyright issues.