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A German inventor named Karl Benz created the first car using a gasoline powered internal combustion engine like the cars we use now today. The automobile became one of the most important inventions in the 1920s and is still currently being used today. -
J. Frank and Charles Duryea who are from Springland, MA, designs the first successful American automobile.
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J. Frank and Charles Duryea wins the first American car race.
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J. Frank and Charles Duryea sells the first American-made gasoline car
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30 American manufactures produce 2,500 motor vehicles
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Wilhelm Maybach designs the Mercedes. It has a 35 horsepower engine weighed 14 pounds per horsepower. It also has achieved a top speed of 53 MPH.
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Henry Ford creates the first car company.
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Ransom E. Olds creates a car called the Oldsmobile which sells for $650
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Ford Model N comes out and sells for $600. Ford also improves production equipment
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Ford is able to make 100 car deliveries a day.
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Henry Ford introduces the model T. The model T sells for $825.
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William Durant introduces General Motors.
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a plant called New Highland Park opens in Michigan by Ford
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The model T runabout sells for less than the average annual wage in the US ($575).
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The United States produces 485,000 vehicles out of 606,124 motor vehicles in the world
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Ford introduces the assembly line. Image found at https://www.thoughtco.com/henry-ford-and-the-assembly-line-1779201
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Japan becomes the leading automaker
