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Factory begins production in Detroit, MI. First year, they produced 425 cars.
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William Durant creates General Motors. Eventually it becomes the largest corporation in the world!
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Henry Ford starts making the Model T. In the first year of production, they made 10,660 cars.
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Charles Kettering introduces the electric start for the first time. Engines previously started by hand cranking. Starter was first in a Cadillac in 1912.
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First moving assembly line is for automobiles is started in Ford Motor Company. They produced 300,000 cars in 1914. This made it possible to lower the cost of the Model T for the next fourteen years. Cars went from expensive luxuries to regular transportation.
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Francis Wright David introduces power steering for the first time.
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Once the great depression began after WWI, automobile advancement stalled. Less people could afford cars and cars were more expensive to produce.
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A delaware company invented flashing turn signals for cars.
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When WWII started, commerical car production stopped and geared production towards war materials. Such as jeeps, airplanes, etc.
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Jeep is designed during WWII by Karl Pabst.
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Dwight Eisenhower signed the act in 1956. This act was intended to make transcontinental travel safer and more efficient.
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Invented in the 1970s, they became standard in most cars on the drivers side and then the passenger side as well.
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Fuel prices began to escalate and the desire for more fuel efficient cars escalated as well.
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The Toyota Prius was the first mass produced hybrid vehicle. Began a spark to create fuel efficent and electric cars.