A Century of Innovation The Invention of the Automobile

Although the technology for the automobile existed in the 19th century, it took Henry Ford to make the useful gadget accessible to the American public. Ford ... Tesla Motors was named after alternating current inventor Nikola Tesla. A passion for autos started soon after Eberhard went through a divorce and decided to ... The automobile was first invented and perfected in Germany and France in the late 1800s, though Americans quickly came to dominate the automotive industry in ... The automobile as we know it today came into existence when Germans Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz invented the first practical gasoline-powered vehicles in the ... For now, the Teslas sold in the United States are made at its Fremont plant, and are far more domestically sourced for parts than the Chevy ... As the co-founder and CEO of Tesla, Elon leads all product design, engineering and global manufacturing of the company's electric vehicles, battery products ... ... created to embolden Japanese motorcycle manufacturers to begin making small cars using existing motorcycle engines, and the Japanese Automobile ... 1st generation (1970 - ). 1st-generation-Jimny. The first-generation Jimny made its debut as the one-and-only compact ... The first automobile suitable for use on existing wagon roads in the United States was a steam-powered vehicle invented in 1871 by Dr. J.W. Carhart, a minister ... The modern automobile, developed in the late 1800s, is based on the internal combustion engine, invented by Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens ...