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French engineer and army officer Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot and M. Brezin exhibited an experimental steam-powered artillery tractor that many consider to be the real first steam car.
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The first U.S. patent for a steam-powered land vehicle was granted to Oliver Evans. Oliver Evans was an American inventor who created the first continuous production line too.
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Henry Ford made the first inexpensive automobile by producing his Model T car. It was made in the Ford Motor Company factory, in Detroit, Michigan.
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The first seatbelt for a motocar as standard equipment was invented. The seatbelt was first introduced as standard equipment in the Saab gt750 (May 4, 1954 in Sweden).
