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Evolution of Cars

  • Ferdinand Verbiest builds the first steam-powered vehicle

  • Nicolas Joseph Cugnot demonstrated an experimental steam-driven artillery tractor

  • William Murdoch builds a working model of a steam carriage

  • Richard Trevithicke was running a full sized vehicle on the roads of Camborne

  • Josef Bozek builds an oil-fired steam car

  • First electric car is built

  • Nikoulas Otto presented the first internal combustion engine at the Paris World Exhibition with Eugen Langen

  • Henry Seth Taylor demonstrates his steam buggy at the Stanstead fair in Quebec

  • Dr. J.W. Carhart creates the first carriage sized automobile suited for use on existing wagon roads

  • First "real" car made by Amedee Bollee

  • Karl Benz builds the "first modern" automobile

  • Diesel engine is invented by Rudolf Diesel

  • Ferdinand Porsche invents the first hybrid engine

  • Ford Model T goes into production

  • Windshield wiper

  • Safety glass

  • Ferdinand Porshe invents VW Beetle

  • Direct fuel injection car is released

  • Walter Linderer files patent for airbags

  • Eugene Houdry invents the oxidation catalyst to reduce LA smog

  • First solar car

  • First 3-point seat belt

  • John J. Mooney and Carl D. Keith develop 3- way catalytic converter

  • Unleaded petrol is used in new cars in Germany

  • Mercedes-Benz is the first to introduce particulate filters

  • Greenpeace unveils smile car

    Most fuel efficient car ever
  • Toyota unveils Prius, first mass production hybrid car

  • Honda creates first production ready hyrdogen car- FCX Clarity

  • Google announces self-driving car project

  • VW introduces firs 1-liter car