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This promotion gave him enough time and money to begin work on his personal experiments on gasoline engines.
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Thomas Edison interviews a young Henry Ford on his gas-powered car. Henry Ford is inspired by Edison's support and continues his work on the automobile.
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The highly successful vehicles quickly became high in demand to the general public and remained so for several years.
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Henry Ford sponsored the development of assembly line mass production. Simultaneoulsy, he also started the $5-per-day wage for his workers.
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From the time it was released, the Model T quickly became one of the most practically useful vehicles of its time. By 1918, over half of all the cars in America were Model Ts.