Time Line #1 By msb3553 6500 BCE The wheel was invented by the Sumerians 3500 BCE Animals pulled wheeled vehicles in Mesopotamia 1769 The first steam-powered vehicle, with three wheels, is invented in France 1791 The first bicycle in Scotland was invented 1839 The first electric car was invented in Scotland 1869 The first modern motorcycles 1892 First car ran by gasoline in the United States 1892 The first tractor in the United States 1893 First license plate invented in France 1895 The diesel engine was created in Germany 1908 The Model T car is the first car mass produced on an assembly line in the United States. 1923 First traffic signal invented in the United States 1959 The first seat belt was created in Sweden 1980 Rollerblades were invented in the United Sates 2001 first segway invented