Automobiles

What is an Automobile? An automobile or car is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own motor and transports passengers.
The first vehicle to move under its own power was designed by Nicholas Joseph Cugnot and constructed by M. Brezin in 1769.
The first automobile models weighed 8000 pounds and had a top speed on 2 miles per hour. The early steam powered vehicles were so heavy that they were only practical on a perfectly flat surface as strong as iron.
Steam cars had been built in America since before the Civil War but the early one were like miniature locomotives.
1801
A British engineer Richard Trevithick improved the design of steam engines, by making smaller and lighter with stronger boilers generating more power.
1858 First Coal-gas Engine
Belgian-born engineer, Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir invented a two-stroke, internal combustion engine. It was fuelled by coal gas and triggered by an electric spark-ignition.
1876
Nikolaus August Otto invented a successful four-stroke engine, known as the “Otto cycle.”
1886
Henry Ford builds his first automobile in Michigan.
1887
Gottlieb Daimler uses his internal combustion engine to build a four-wheel vehicle, considered the first modern automobile.
1889 The First Motor Company formed
Two former French wood machinists, Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor, set up the world’s first car manufacturers. Their first car was built in 1890 using a Daimler engine.
When was the first closed circuit race?
The first closed circuit automobile race was held at Narragansett Park, Rhode Island, in September 1896.
1896 First Road Traffic Death
First Road Traffic Death Bridget Driscoll, a 44-year old mother of two from Croydon, stepped off a kerb and into the history books. She was hit by a passing motor car near Crystal Palace in London. She died from head injuries.
1903
The Ford Motor Company Formed After fitting moving assembly lines to the factory in 1913, Ford became the world's biggest car manufacturer.
1973 Energy Crisis
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