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Steam Powered Engine
Thomas Newcomen, an engineer, built the first engine in 1712. He created a 21 inch cylinder and was used in a coalmine at Dudley Castle in Staffordshire. -
Steam-Powered Engine
James Watt built the first steam-powered engine. This engine was more compact and efficient than Newcomen's engine. -
Self-Powered Vehichle
Nicholas Joseph Cugnot constructed a vehicle to transport cannons using a two piston steam engine. This engine did not produce any condensation. -
Look Ma, No Rails!
Many English engineers were designing vehicles that did not require rails. -
Combustion Engine
Etienne Lenoir created the first gas combustion engine. Coal and gun powder was tried but was not succesful. Black powder did not work and coal needed a boiler. -
Modern Combustion Engine
Alphonse Bear de Rochas evolved the combustion engine. Now the gas can be compressed in the cylinder then it can combust. -
Steam Machine
Dr. J. W. Carhart built the first real steam car. Steam vehicles have been built two decades before, but they resembled small steam train engines. -
Daimler
In Hardford, Connecticut Daimler Motor Company was manufacturing petrol engines. These petrol engines for boats, carriages, tram cars, and fire engines. -
Gasoline Powered Car
Charles and Frank Duryea built the first gas powered car. They drove it in Springfield, Massachusetts on September 21st. -
Henry Ford's first Car
Henry Ford built his first car, Quadracycle, in 1896. In 1899, the Detroit Automotive Company went out of business. -
Oldsmobile
The first large producer of gas-powered cars wars Ransom E. Olds, maker of the Oldsmobile.
