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Cugnot builds first self-propelled road vehicle
Nicolas Cugnot, a french military engineer developed a steam powered road-vehicle for the French army to haul heavy cannons -
Murdoch Builds a Working Model of a Steam Carrige
It was Britain's first working model of a steam engine carriage. -
Trevithick Builds a Full-size Steam Road Carriage
Builder of the working railway steam locomotive. -
The first electric locomotive made
Robert Davidson built an electric locomotive that attained a speed of four miles an hour. Electric cars used rechargeable batteries that powered a small electric motor. The vehicles were heavy, slow, expensive, and needed stop for recharging frequently. -
Lenoir makes a car with internal combustion engine
Jean Joseph Etienne Lenior invented a two-stroke, internal combustion engine, that was fueled by coal gas and triggered by an electric spark-engine. -
The first Motor Car
Company History Benz Patent Motor Car, the first automobile.(1885 - 1886) the first stationary gasoline engine developed by Carl Benz was a one-cylinder two-stroke unit which ran for the first time on New Year's Eve 1879. -
The first Tire for the cars
In 1888, Benz invented the first gasoline car, equipped with unique metal tires covered with rubber and filled with air, resulting in the pneumatic tire. The public, which was accustomed to hard,metal tires,believed the pneumatic tire to be no less than revolutionary. -
The Second Motor Car
The second car ever made was the Peugeot in 1891. The earliest French made cars all looked different. The first standardized looking car that was ever made was the Benz Velo in 1894 . -
Ford company formed
In 1903 Henry Ford opened Ford motor company. In the first year the Ford Motor company sold about 1,700 cars. -
First four wheel brakes fitted to a motor car
Four wheel brakes fitted for the first time on a Scottish made Argyll. Front brakes operated by a foot pedal, a hand lever operates the rear brakes. -
Lamborghini was founded
In 1963 Ferricco Lamborghini founded Lamborghini on the 30th of October. -
The Airbag first fitted to production car
Airbags fitted to GM cars made in the USA. Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Cadillac. -
New Land Speed Record 1019km/h
Richard Noble drives the Thrust 2 to 1019km/h in the Blackrock desert Nevada, USA. The car is propelled by a Rolls royce jet engine. -
The ThrustSSC Beats the world Land speed record
The thrustSSC(super sonic car) broke the land speed record with a speed of 1223.657 kph was it's speed 1 km. It then broke the sound barrier at 1,228 kph. -
Bugatti Veyron is introduced
Bugatti veyron test drive The bugatti Veyron 16.4 is the fastest production car with a speed of 431 kph. -
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