Automobiles

1886: Carl Benz creates the first automobile, Benz Patent Motor Car

Jan 29, 1886

Carl Benz applies for a patent of the automobile, the patent number was 3743.

1896: Charles and J. Frank Duryea, first american automobile manufacture

Jan 1, 1896

Charles and J. Frank Duryea are the first autombile manufacture in america with the Motor Wagons.

1911: Charles F. Kettering invents electric starter

Jan 1, 1911

Charles F. Kettering invents the electric starter which replaces the hand crank.

1913: Henry Ford is the first to mass produce the automobile

Jan 1, 1913

Henry Ford begins the mass production of the Model T.

1921: Alfred Horner Munro invents the automatic transmission

Jan 1, 1921

Alfred Horner Munro invents the first automatic transmission which comes onto the market in 1937.

1997: Cadillac is the first to offer automatic stability control

Jan 1, 1997

Cadillac offers automatic stability conrol.