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The first self-propelled vehicle is built
Nicolas Cugnot, a French military engineer, created a steam-powered vehicle that moved in rotary motion that could run on it's own. (no specific date)
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Hydrogen Car
François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen. (no specific date)
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First Death
Mary Ward became one of the first documented car fatalities in Parsonstown, Ireland (no specififc date)
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Gas Powered car produced
Karl Friedrich Benz was the first one to patent the idea for a gas-fueled car. It ran on 3 wheels and seeted 2 people. His car was powered by an internal combustion engine.
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Peugeot
Émile Levassor and Armand Peugeot of France began producing vehicles with Daimler engines, and so laid the foundation of the automotive industry in France. (no specific date)
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World Records by Peugeot
Auguste Doriot and his Peugeot colleague Louis Rigoulot completed the longest trip by a petrol-powered vehicle when their self-designed and built Daimler powered Peugeot Type 3 completed 2,100 kilometres (1375 miles) from Valentigney to Paris and Brest and back again.
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First death in the US
Henry Bliss one of the United States' first pedestrian car casualties in New York City.
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Assembly line revolutionized
The production-line manufacturing of affordable cars was debuted by Ransom Olds in 1902 at his Oldsmobile factory located in Lansing, Michigan and based upon the assembly line techniques pioneered by Marc Isambard Brunel at the Portsmouth Block Mills, England, in 1802. The assembly line style of mass production and interchangeable parts had been pioneered in the U.S. by Thomas Blanchard in 1821.This concept was greatly expanded by Henry Ford in 1912. (not specific dates)
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Ford Motor Company Built
The Ford Motor Company was created. Which later became one of the biggest car manufactures of all time.
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Electric Ignition and Self Starting Cars
Charles Kettering, a worker for Cadillac, created the electric ignition and starter motor. Cars were now able to start themselves.
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In Europe...
In Europe, Morris Motors set up its production line at Cowley in 1924, and soon outsold Ford. To follow Ford's practice of vertical integration, buying Hotchkiss (engines), Wrigley (gearboxes), and Osberton (radiators), for instance, as well as competitors, such as Wolseley. By 1925 Morris Motors had 41% of total British car production. (no specific dates)
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Cars become more fuel and oil effeicent
Cars become more fuel and oil efficent. (no specific date)
