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History of transportation
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First Car
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot builds the first steam powered car -
Steam Powered Train
First practical steam-powered train built by Richard Trevithick -
Passeger Train
Stockton & Darlington Railroad Company began as the first railroad to carry both goods and passengers on regular schedule. -
Karl Benz
Karl Benz builds the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal combustion engine -
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Assembly Line
Henry Ford improves the assembly line for automobile manufacturing -
Bullet Train
1964- Bullet train transportation invented -
Jumbo Jet
First jumbo jet -
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Mass produced Hybrid
Honda released the two-door Insight, the first hybrid car to hit the mass market in the United States. The Insight won numerous awards and received EPA mileage ratings of 61 mpg city and 70 mpg highway.