History of the Automobile

By hfrye15

  • First Steam Automobile Model Engineered

    First Steam Automobile Model Engineered
    Ferdinand Verbiest developed the first known automobile model. It was steam powered and only 65 cm long. It is unknown if the vehicle was ever developed

  • First Full Scale Automobile Developed

    First Full Scale Automobile Developed
    Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is credited with creating the first road faring automobile. Although the design was faulty, it paved the way for more sophisticated road vehicles

  • First Internal Combustion Engine in a vehicle

    First Internal Combustion Engine in a vehicle
    Samuel Brown puts an internal combustion engine in a vehicle. He tested it by driving it up a hill

  • First Electric Automobile Model

    First Electric Automobile Model
    Ányos Jedlik made a model of an automobile powered by an electric engine. It was the beginning of electric cars.

  • First Modern Automobile

    First Modern Automobile
    Karl Benz made the first production internal combustion car. He got the patent in 1886. They were the first practical produtcion cars.

  • First Automobile Produced

    First Automobile Produced
    Cars were being produced in Germany, and under license of Benz, France. This lead to a revolution in cars being developed all over Europe. Also, in 1889, Panhard developed the first 4-cylinder engine.

  • First Modern Electric Car

    First Modern Electric Car
    citationThe first four wheeled electric car was made by Andreas Flocken. It is the first full size, fullly functional electric car. It was not practical or easy to produce

  • First Truck Made

    First Truck Made
    Gottlieb Daimler produced the first truck in 1896. It paved the way for bigger automobiles in the industry.

  • Steam Cars Become More Efficent

    Steam Cars Become More Efficent
    Steam Cars were some of the fastest cars in the time period. Companys like Stanley Steamer made race cars that could go over 100 miles per hour

  • Mass Production of Cars

    Mass Production of Cars
    Henry Ford developed the assembly line for much more effective production of cars. It drove a revolution towards automobiles in America.

  • Electric Cars make a Comeback

    Electric Cars make a Comeback
    As pollution incresased, demands for a cleaner, more efficent car also increased. This lead to many attempts to make an affodable electric car. However, they did not succeed until the 2000s, with Battery Electric Cars.

  • First Hydrogen Car

    First Hydrogen Car
    Honda made a hydrogen car for the Los Angeles area. Although limited in numbers, it shows Honda's push towards alternative fuel. In fact, many other companies are also striving for cleaner cars.

  • Citations

    Early Steam Cars- http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarssteama.htm
    Early Electric Cars-
    http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/223/electric-car-timeline.html
    Antique Cars-
    http://www.myetymology.com/encyclopedia/Tatra.html
    http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/systems/agentsheets/new-vista/automobile/
    Trucks-
    http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltruck.htm
    Alternate Fuel Cars-
    http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/
    http://automobiles.honda.com/alternative-fuel-vehicles/