The history of car

  • The first Steam Vehicle

    1769: French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot build the first steam-power road vehicle
  • combustion-powered automobile

    1808: Swiss inventor Francois Isaac De Rivas builds the first internal combustion-powered automobile
  • modern automobile

    1886 German invertor Carl Benz receives a patent for his "Benz Patent-Motorwagen considered the first practical automobile
  • commercial production

    1886-1890s: Other inventors, including Gottlieb Daimler, also develop their own cars, with commercial production beginning
  • first mass-car

    1901: The Oldsmobile Curved Dash is produced as the first mass-produced car
  • mass-affordable car

    1908: The Ford Model T is introduced becoming the first mass-produced and mass-affordable car for the average person
  • post- WWII car

    Post-WWII: Car ownership rapidly increases in may parts of the world as the become more available and affordable
  • new forms of Technology Vehicles

    21st century: Car usage continues to expand significantly in developing nations and new forms of technology are integrated into vehicles