The History of Cars

First Cars Created

Nov 14, 1700

First Self-Propelld road vehicle, invented by French eengineer Nicolaus Joseph Cugnot. *No Exact Date Given

First U.S. Patent for Steam Powered Land Vehicles

Nov 14, 1769

First U.S. PatentGranted to Oliver Evans *No Exact Date Given

First Electric Carriage

Nov 14, 1832

Invented by Robert Anderson Between the years of 1832 and 1839. *No Exact Date Given

Internal Combustion Engine

Nov 15, 1858

Jean JosephEtienne LenoirBelgian born engineer, Jean JosephEtienne Lenoir, invented the first well-working internal combustion engine fueled by coal gas. *No Exact Date Given *No Exact Date Given

Two-Stroke Engine

Nov 15, 1876

The first successful twwo-stroke engine was invented by Sir Douglas Clerk. *No Exact Date Given

Gas Motor Engine

Nov 15, 1876

Nicolaus August Oho invented an effective gas motor engine and also built a combustion engine into motorcycles. *No Exact Date Given

Prototype of Gas Engine

Nov 14, 1885

Prototype of Gas EngineInvented by Daimler and used in many modern vehicles today. First four-wheeled vehicle invented the next year. *No Exact Date Given *No Exact Date Given

Assembly Line

Nov 15, 1913

Henry Ford invented an improved assembly line and installed the first conveyor belt assembly line in his car factory. *No Exact Date Given