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The Invention of The Car
The Invention of The Car
HORSE-DRAWN CARS
IN 1769, NICOLAS-JOSEPH CUGNOT INVENTED THE FIRST CAR THAT COULD MOVE
WITHOUT A ANIMAL IN FRANCE. IN 1839, SCOTTISH ROBERT DAVIDSON INVENTED
THE FIRST ELECTRIC CAR. IN 1885, GERMAN KARL BENZ USED A PETROL ENGINE TO
CREATE: THE THREE-WHEELED, 12 KPH BENZ MOTORWAGEN.
THE MODEL T
THE MODEL T (1908) WAS THE FIRST CAR TO BE CREATED IN LARGE AMOUNTS IN A
FACTORY, BY THEN THERE WERE LOTS OF MOTOR CARS BUT THEY WERE NOT
EXACTLY IDENTICAL. THE MODEL T, CREATED BY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
WAS MADE IN FACTORIES, THUS MEANING THEY WERE ALL MADE THE SAME WAY.
MODERN CARS
TODAY, MOST CARS STILL USE THE PETROL MOTORS USED IN THE BENZ
MOTORWAGEN AND THE MODEL T THOUGH, SOME CARS HAVE BEEN USING
ALTERNAT FUELS BECAUSE OF THE POLLUTION PETROL CAUSES. MODERN CARS
WERE INVENTED 40 OR LESS YEARS AGO.