History of CARS

Steam powered toy resembles small car

May 13, 1672

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobileFerdinand Verbiest, a member of a Jesuit mission in China, built the first steam-powered vehicle around 1672 as a toy for the Chinese Emperor. It was of small enough scale that it could not carry a driver but it was, quite possibly the first working steam-powered vehicle

Creation of Steam powered automobile

May 12, 1768

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobileIn 1768 the first steam powered auto-mobile capable of human transportation was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot.

The first patent in the U.S.

May 13, 1801

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobileThe first automobile patent in the United States was granted to Oliver Evans in 1789, and in 1801 Richard Trevithick was running a full-sized vehicle on the roads in Camborne.

First automobile powered by an engine

May 12, 1807

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobileIn 1807, François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen.

First oil-fired steam car

May 13, 1815

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobileAmong other efforts, in 1815, a professor at Prague Polytechnic, Josef Bozek, built an oil-fired steam car.

4 wheeled steam buggy in Quebec

May 13, 1867

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobileIn 1867, Canadian jeweller Henry Seth Taylor demonstrated his 4-wheeled "steam buggy" at the Stanstead Fair in Stanstead, Quebec, and again the following year.

First gasoline powered automobile

May 12, 1886

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobileIn 1886 the first petrol or gasoline powered auto-mobile the Benz Patent-Motorwagen was invented by Karl Benz.[2] This is also considered to be the first "production" vehicle as Benz made several identical copies.

First Automobile Manufacturing company

May 13, 1893

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobileIn the United States, brothers Charles and Frank Duryea founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in 1893, becoming the first American automobile manufacturing company.

First motor car

May 13, 1897

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobileThe first motor car in Central Europe was produced by Czech company Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau (later renamed to Tatra) in 1897

Mass production begins

May 13, 1900

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_automobileBy 1900, mass production of automobiles had begun in France and the United States.