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1869- The first fatal car accident is generally recognized as the death of the scientist Mary Ward in 1869.
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Karl Benz built his first automobile in 1885 in Mannheim.
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The first electric car in the United States was developed in 1890-91 by William Morrison of Des Moines, Iowa.
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The first caliper-type automobile disc brake was patented by Frederick William Lanchester in his Birmingham factory in 1902 and used successfully on Lanchester cars
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In 1910, New York was the first state to adopt a law against drinking and driving,
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First car made of complete steel
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1916- us starts producing 1,000,000 auto cars every year
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1939- First Automatic Transmission
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1939- Fist air conditioning
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1951- Chrysler Corporation introduced the first commercially available passenger car power steering system on the 1951
