History of Cars

By thomashristov02

  • Thomas Jefferson President

    Thomas Jefferson President
    Thomas Jefferson elected President of USA and Aaron Burr is Vice-President.

  • High Pressure Steam Engine In USA

    Oliver Evans builds his first high pressure steam engine in the USA.

  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
    Louisiana Purchase was made and gained territory for the USA.

  • Andrew Jackson President

    Andrew Jackson President
    Andrew Jackson is inaugurated as a US President.

  • First Electric Carriage

    Robert Anderson invents the first crude electric carriage in Scotland. It is powered by non-rechargeable primary power cells.

  • Zachary Taylor President

    Zachary Taylor President
    Zachary Taylor becomes a US President.

  • First Internal Combustion Engine

    The First internal combustion engine that runs on gasoline is Invented.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875

    The Civil Rights Act of 1875 guaranteed equal treatment in public accommodations for African Americans.

  • First Motorcar

    First Motorcar
    German Engineer Karl Benz made the first motorized car. His wife and sons mad a fifty mile trip in one day making them the first motorists in History.

  • Ford’s First Automobile

    Ford’s First Automobile
    Henry Ford creates his first motorized vehicle. The quadracycle was the first to be on four wheels.

  • First Four Wheeled Four Stroke Engine Car Invented

    Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach invent the first four-wheeled, four-stroke engine in Germany. It is known as the “Cannstatt-Daimler.

  • Light Steam Weight Automobiles

    Light Steam Weight Automobiles
    The Stanley Brothers sell over 200 light steam weight automobiles.

  • First Steering Wheel

    First Steering Wheel
    The first steering wheel was created replacing the steering tiller.

  • Olds Automobile factory opens

    Olds Automobile factory opens in Detroit. It produced 425 cars in its first year of production. It’s selling 5,000 units a year by 1905

  • Standard drum brakes are invented

    Standard drum brakes are invented by Louis Renault. Drum brakes are improved in many ways over the years, but the basic principle remains in cars for the entire 20th century

  • Model T is introduced

    Model T is introduced
    Henry Ford makes the first production of the Model T at 10,660 cars. Mass production gained more popularity in the industry.

  • Cars are made for the purpose of racing

    Delage, Auto Union, Mercedes-Benz, Delahaye, and Bugatti constructing streamlined vehicles with engines producing up to 450 kW (612 hp)

  • Charles Kettering introduces the electric starter

    Until this time engines had to be started by hand cranking. His starters first saw service in 1912 Cadillacs.

  • Assembly Line

    Assembly Line
    Henry Ford comes up with the idea of an Assembly Line in 1913 for mass production of automobiles.

  • First All Steel Bodied Car

    Dodge introduced the first car body made entirely out of tele, made y the Budd Company. This car was made in Hamtramck Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.