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Nicolas Cugnot, a French military engineer invented a steam powered road-vehicle for the French army to haul heavy cannons.
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2 German engineers named Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler invented at the same time in two different parts of germany the first working modern car.
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Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim, to test her husbands vehicle. She did it without any permission and took her two children with her. But she helped make the car popular because people at that time thought that cars are dangerous.
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Ferdinand Porsche invents the Lohne-Porsche mixte hybrid at the age of 18.
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Henry Ford invented the Ford Model T. It had a 20-horsepower, four-cylinder engine, reached a top speed of about 45 miles per hour, covered 13-21 mpg and weighed 544 kg.
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The Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche with the intention of being a simple and economic car that would appeal to a wide audience. It has fulfilled that role and gone on to be one of the world's most popular and memorable automobiles.
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Eugene Houdry invented the oxidation catalyst as a solution to the smog in Los Angeles. Houdry was worried about the impact of car emissions on air pollution and founded a special company.
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Volvo introduces the seat belt. It remains the most beneficial car safety device of all time.
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Volvo introduces a padded dashboard, in an attempt to reduce facial/chest injuries from frontal collisions.
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First mechanical anti-lock brakes based on aircraft technology, got introduced on the Jensen FF, a hand-built luxury sports car.
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Volvo offers front-seat head restraints, aimed at protecting the head and neck in rear-end crashes.
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As man seeks to go faster and faster on land, the rocket car "Blue Flame" tops 1000 km/h in Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA.
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Mercedes Benz S-Class has the first electronic ABS.
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Mercedes Benz S-Class has the first drivers Airbag.
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Due to concerns over pollution, Mercedes-Benz is the first to introduce particulate filters in its S-Class (W 126 series) for the U.S. market.
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High-level brake lights get introduced by Volvo.
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Crash tests are starting to get made to see the safety within the car. Pioneering crash tests carried out by European consumer organizations. Test method later adopted by Euro NCAP.
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Pop-up bonnets designed to reduced pedestrians injuries available on Citroen C6 and Jaguar XK.
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After the car industry does not comply with a voluntary commitment to limit CO2 emissions in new cars, the EU introduces its first law to do this.
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As the world became more concerned with pollution, VW unveiled the first 1-litre car: the L1. It could travel 100km on 1 litre of petrol.
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Thankyou a lot primary sources and websites. The links which helped me where:
http://www.driverstechnology.co.uk/car-safety-timeline.htm
and
http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/142171/The-evolution-of-the-car/#vars!date=1808-07-05_23:51:46! Thanks a lot to them! They were very useful to me! Thankyou for looking at my timeline!
