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LEONARDO DA VINCI AND HIS SELF-PROPELLED CAR
The car remains a sketch on paper and is never actually made. This self-propelled isn’t that the nowadays cars , it is more similar to a cart and does not have a seat. -
NICOLAS-JOSEPH CUGNOT AND THE FIRST SELF-PROPELLED ROAD VEHICLE IN FRANCE
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot builds the first self-propelled road vehicle in France. This vehicle is a tractor for the French army. It has three wheels and moves at about 2.5 miles per hour. -
NIKOLAUS AUGUST AND THE BURN FUEL
German Nikolaus August Otto created the first to efficiently burn fuel directly in a piston chamber -
JULIUS HOCK AND THE FIRST ENGINE RUNNING ON GASOLINE
Austrian Julius Hock builds the first internal combustion engine running on gasoline -
NIKOLUS AUGUST AND THE FOUR-CYCLE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE
Nikolaus August Otto builds the four-cycle internal combustion engine. This is use in nowadays cars -
KARL BENZ AND THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE POWERED BY GASOLINE
Karl Benz builds the first true automobile powered by a gasoline engine. It was a carriage and had 3 wheels -
HENRY FORD AND HIS FIRST AUTOMOBILE
Henry Ford builds his first automobile in Michigan -
WILHELM AND MAYBACH AND THE FIRST FOUR WHEELED
Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach invent the first four-wheeled automobile. Is known as the “Cannstatt-Daimler.” -
BROTHER EDGAR DURYEA AND THE FIRST GAS POWERED CAR
Brothers Edgar Duryea invent the first successful gas-powered car in the United States -
FORD'S MODEL T PRODUCTION INCREASES
Ford’s Model T production rockets from 7.5 cars per hour to 146 cars per hour, this was possible thanks to the assembly line. -
THE CAR RADIO
The car radio is introduced. -
THE SEAT BELT LAW
The creation of the seat belt law. It calls for the seatbelt to be a standard requirement in automobiles. -
GPS
The car Global Positioning System, or GPS, is introduced -
TOYOTA PRIUS
The first Toyota Prius is sold in Japan
