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Karl Benz invented the first practical automobile.
Karl Benz was a German engine designer and automobile engineer. His Benz Patent Motorcar from 1885 is considered the first practical automobile. -
Canadian Thomas Ahearn invented the first electric car heater.
A Canadian inventor, takes credit for the first electric car heater. The basic design used an electrically-operated blower to exchange heat between the interior and the engine. -
Frederick Simms invented the first car fender.
It is believed that the first automobile fender was made by Frederick Simms, who was instrumental in the founding of Daimler in Great Britain (1893), as well as the Automobile Club of Great Britain in 1897 (later the RAC). -
Buick introduced the first electric turn signals.
The first application of a flashing electric turn signal was used on the 1938 Buick as a new safety feature. It was advertised by Buick as the “Flash-Way Directional Signal”. By 1940, Buick added the self-canceling mechanism attached to the steering column. -
Francis W. Davis invented power steering.
Davis was the chief engineer of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company and he saw first hand how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. He developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering. -
A psychologist John Voevodsky invented the third brake light.
John Voevodsky invented the third brake light, a light that is mounted in the base of rear windshields. When drivers press their brakes, a triangle of light will warn following drivers to slow down. -
Jaguar Land Rover releases a vintage-looking infotainment system for classics.
The infotainment system has navigation with 2D or 3D maps and Bluetooth audio. Sure, you don't need to stream Spotify in a 1970s Land Rover, but now you can. Jaguar says it'll offer much higher quality sound with a 4 x 45 watt output from the single DIN head unit.
