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First steam powered car invented
In 1769 first steam powered car capable of human transportation was built by Nicolas-Jospeh Cugnot -
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Steam carriage
In 1784, William Murdoch had built a working model of a steam carriage in Redruth -
First atutomoble patent
The first automobile patent in the United States was granted to Oliver Evans -
New fully made car
In 1801 Richanrd Trevithick was running a full-sized vehicle on the roads in Camborne -
Oil fired steam car built
A professor at Prague Polytechnic, Josef Bozek built an oil firedsteam car. -
Four seat steam phaeton built
Walter Hancock, builder and operator of London steam buses, in 1838 built a four seat steam phaeton built. -
The hydrogen fuel cell
The hydrogen fuel cell, one of the technologies hailed as a replacement for gasoline as an energy source for cars, was discovered in principle by Christian Frederich Shonbein in 1838 -
Passage of the Locomotive Act
Passage of the Locomotive Act requires the movement of an automobile to be preceded by a man waving a red flag -
Four wheeled steam buggy demonstrated
In 1867,Canadian jeweller Henry Seth Taylor deomonstrated his 4-wheel "steam buggy" at the Stanstead Fair in Quebec. The basis of the buggy, which he began building in 1865, was a high wheeled carriage with bracing to support a two cylinder steam engine mounted on the floor. -
First "real" automobile produced.
What people consider as the first "real" automobile was produced by French Amedee Bollee in 1873, who built self propelled steam road vehicles to transport groups of passengers. -
George B Seldon files for patent
An American George B. Seldon on May 8, 1879. His application included not only the engine, but also its use in a 4 wheeled vehicle. -
Henry Ford's first car
On June 4, Henry Ford fimished his first gasoline powered motorcar.
