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In 1976 Nicholas Joseph Cugnot created the first steam powered vehicle. It was a tricycle with wooden wheels, iron wheels and weighed 4.5 tons.
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The first steam taxis appear. Able to carry few people due to the weight and power of the vehicle.
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In 1840, a steam car with a capacity of 18 people was created.
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In 1860, the Belgian Etienne Lenoir patented the first explosion engine. Steam carts are left behind.
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In 1876 Nicolaus Otto created the first four-stroke explosion engine.
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In 1881, Charles Jeantaud created the electric vehicle. The current required for its operation is the required 21 batteries.
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In 1883 Maybach designs and builds the first high-speed gasoline engine
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In 1885 Paul Daimier, son of the builder Gottlieb W. Daimier, made in Stuttgart the first public vehicle with the so-called 'saddle vehicle', which by its form is considered the ancestor of later motorcycles.
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In 1887 Danish builder Albert F. Hammel builds a four-wheel vehicle with an internal combustion engine.
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In 1888 at Brigthon, Magnus Volk builds his first three-wheeled electric vehicle.
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In 1889 Gottlieb W. Daimler built the so-called "Daimler vehicle with steel wheels".
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In 1894 the Swedish brothers Jöns and Anders Cederholm presented a vehicle with a two-cylinder engine.
An inline two-cylinder two-stroke engine.
Also called parallel twin, the ignition is
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In 1900 Nikolaus Dürkopp begins the manufacture of competition cars incorporating an important innovation: The transmission is made by chains instead of belts.
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In 1903 Spyker built the first six-cylinder engine and the first four-wheel drive vehicle in the Netherlands.
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In 1904 Willi Seck builds a small vehicle called "Liliput".
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In 1906, Karl Benz donated the first motorized vehicle, manufactured by him in 1886, to the German Museum in Munich. This car is the first gasoline-powered vehicle.
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In 1910, the firms Argyll, Crossley, Arrol-Johnson and Isotta-Fraschini used four-wheel brakes for the first time.
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In 1920, the first SEDAN car appears.
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The first vehicle named CHRYSLER was built on January 5, 1924. Walter P. Chrysler launches a car named after him that includes hydraulic brakes and a high-compression engine.
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In 1927, the VOLVO brand produced its first car, the P4 model.
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In 1981 the all-new "K" car was powered by a new 2.2-liter, four-cylinder engine.
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In 1988 the Chrysler New Yorker car was the first American car with "Air Bag" as standard equipment.
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In 2000 HONDA begins the 21st century selling INSIGHT, a gasoline-electric hybrid in the United States.
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The current cars are progressing more and more, speed and safety go hand in hand and this in all cars. It is easy to find a comfortable car for anyone.
