History of Cars

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  • The First car

    The First car
    The first self-propelled car was built was created by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot

  • Steam Powered Cars

    Steam Powered Cars
    Richard Trevithick improved the design of steam engines, by making smaller and lighter with stronger boilers generating more power.

  • First Coal-gas Engine

    First Coal-gas Engine
    Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir invented and patented (1860) a two-stroke, internal combustion engine.

  • First Motor Company Formed

    First Motor Company Formed
    Two former French wood machinists, Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor, set up the world’s first car manufacturers

  • Grand Prix racing begins

    Grand Prix racing begins
    Motor racing began as cars were built. Races quickly evolved from a simple chases from town to town, to organised events like time trials endurance tests for car and driver.

  • The Ford Motor Company Formed

    The Ford Motor Company Formed
    The Ford Motor Company Formed and stated to mass produce ford brand cars.

  • Car Manufacturers Get Green

    Car Manufacturers Get Green
    Manufacturers have acknowledged that oil reserves will dry up in the future. They’re now developing engines that use more than one fuel source – hybrid engines.

  • The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 allocates $2 billion for development of electric vehicle batteries and related technologies. The Department of Energy adds another $400 million to fund building the infrastructure necessary to support plug-in electric vehicles.