Car

Automobiles

By sawhansen

  • 1869

    1869
    1869- The first fatal car accident is generally recognized as the death of the scientist Mary Ward in 1869.

  • 1885

    1885
    Karl Benz built his first automobile in 1885 in Mannheim.

  • 1890-91

    1890-91
    The first electric car in the United States was developed in 1890-91 by William Morrison of Des Moines, Iowa.

  • 1902

    The first caliper-type automobile disc brake was patented by Frederick William Lanchester in his Birmingham factory in 1902 and used successfully on Lanchester cars

  • 1910

    1910
    In 1910, New York was the first state to adopt a law against drinking and driving,

  • 1914

    First car made of complete steel

  • 1916

    1916
    1916- us starts producing 1,000,000 auto cars every year

  • 1939

    1939
    1939- First Automatic Transmission

  • 1939

    1939
    1939- Fist air conditioning

  • 1951

    1951- Chrysler Corporation introduced the first commercially available passenger car power steering system on the 1951