The Invention Of Cars As An Engineering Achievement

My legs are cramping, sweat slides down my face falling down onto the ground. My feet are screaming, telling you to let them out. Bending down, hands on my knees, I look up and I finally reach my destination, the grocery store. Imagine doing this everyday, just because cars were not invented. Something most people do not realize is how much cars have affected our lives. These amazing inventions have inspired people around the world to step up and try to make them impeccable. Whether it is the way they work, or even the substances they run on to work, people have taken the task to improve them to the best of their ability. However, the main thing people forget is where it all began. The invention of the first car has had a tremendous impact on my life.

     The birth of the automobile was truly something special. Once a far fetched dream is now what many people believe to be the back bone of the American economy. When people think about the automobile the name that comes to mind is most usually Henry Ford. Although he is not credited with the invention of the automobile, Henry Ford played a crucial role in the development of mass production. The automobile was first invented Europe in 1771 with a top speed of 2.3 miles per hour. A man by the name of Gottliech Daimler produced what was known as the milestone car in 1889, this vehicle traveled at 10 miles per hour (Brown, 105). Not more then a handful of these cars were produced over seas. Not many people had ever

III. Tie to the Introduction: From the origin of the car till the design and mechanics.

The automobile was actually officially invented in 1885 by Karl Benz, in Germany, the United States perfected and dominated the automobile industry starting with Charles Edgar Duryea and his brother Frank Duryea. Together, they brought the United States’ first automobile in 1893. At the time, the incredibly new and innovative creation of the automobile was quite remarkably on of the most impressive inventions to the American people at the time. What this particular technological advancement did for the American Industrial Revolution was create convenience and sparked interest. The American people at this day of age had to constantly commute either by simply just walking or by stagecoaches. But then, America was introduced with an alternative solution for transportation. With such an advancement of technology, the first automobile was strongly affected the American Industrial Revolution, because it continued forward with a man named Henry Ford. Ford was the founder of Ford Motor Company, which was able to mass produce this amazingly revolutionary contraption, that would significantly affect the American people’s everyday lives. Henry Ford did not only just bring the United States the first mass produced automobile, he also introduced the assembly line that would change many companies forever. The assembly

The automobiles made a huge impact in United States history. The first car was the electric car and was one of the most popular cars but didn’t have a battery that lasted or could go fast. Then the steam-powered car was built and lasted into the 1920s, but the price was high and there was a risk of the engine exploding, so the car wasn’t very popular. The gas-powered cars became very popular in the 1920s and Ford sold over a million automobiles.

It is hard to credit one single person for the invention of the automobile. There was over 100,000 people who created different versions of the automobile. The person who takes credit for the first is Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, a French military engineer who built the steam-powered tricycle for hauling artillery in 1769. Tricycle means it only had three wheels. The single front wheel performed both wheel functions and steering. It could drive at a speed of 2.25 miles per hour with four passengers within 15 minutes. Henry Ford is also given credit for the first automobile. Henry Ford invented the Model T the Model T changed the way people lived, worked, and traveled the way that Ford made this was through an assembly line. Also the assembly line made the Model T affordable to the majority of America. This way that the average working man could afford the car and not just a wealthy man. There was more the 15 Million Model Ts built in Michigan. The Model T was built from 1908 until 1927. This was made so that it is a affordable transportation for the common man. This became very popular for the very low price, durability, versatility, and easy to maintenance. The use of the assembly line saved the cost from in 1908 of $850 all the was to $300 in 1925. Even before it lost popularity to larger, or more powerful, and more comfortable cars, it was known as “Tin Lizzy” and “flivver.” These had became American folkloric symbol, Ford's goal was to democratize the automobile. The Model T was offered in several different body styles. One of the cars was a two seater runabout car. Another car was a five seater car. The last one was a seven seat town car. All of these bodies were put onto a 100 inch wheelbase chassis. It was usually available to have a color of your choice but from 1913 through 1925 the only color they had manufactured was black. The fuel tank also held ten gallons. If the Model T was driven fast it would be less comfortable because of it rattling. People don't usually get in a car and think wow i wonder how this car was made. They will just go throughout the motion that they always do and think nothing about it. The only time you ever take a look and think about how it was made is when something bad happens.

If someone asks, “What was the first American car?” Many would answer, “Ford’s Model-T.” However, Henry Ford had been manufacturing cars for over a decade before the introduction of the Model-T. The first American car was most likely the Baushke "Autymobile" built in 1894. During that time period there was a boom in start-up manufactures of the new “Horseless Carriage” machines, everybody in the coach and bicycle industry was jumping at the chance to build one. Dozens of manufactures came and went, but a few of those early start-ups still exist today.

The invention of the automobile has put its mileage everywhere in the world that without the invention of the automobile we would

As many people purchase and drive today's motor vehicles. The question arises, when and where did the beginning of the first production motor vehicle come about? There were many vehicles being made in the late 1800's. Those that were steam powered, those that were gas powered, and those that were electricity powered. Yet none of them were able to perfect and have the demand for their product for the first production motor vehicle. Producing and manufacturing an automobile all started with going and applying to get a vehicle patent to insure and state that your vehicle had been looked over and was granted a safe automobile. Although many people were manufacturing automobiles at this time, the need for someone to manufacture and mass

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He created this steam-powered toy for the Chinese Emperor Chien Lung. There is no recorded information about the vehicle itself, only the event. This marked the beginning of the steam-propelled era. The first full size automobile able to move by its own power was built in 1769 by Nicholas Joseph Cugnot. This vehicle was powered by a steam engine and mainly used as a military tractor. Because of its weight, it could only accelerate to 2.5 miles per hour. Then during 1885 and 1886, the first gasoline vehicle was designed and built by Karl Benz in Germany; this was the first true automobile (Bellis- “The History of the Automobile”). Others before tried to build a full-sized vehicle that could move under its own power, but none succeeded until Benz. Although Benz built what is considered the first true automobile, it had mechanical errors and there were no suitable roads to drive on. Another seven years passed before the first successful gas-powered car was built in America by Frank and Charles Edgar Duryea in 1893. They later set up the first car manufacturing plant in America to produce identical automobiles (Bruno).

In 1885, the first vehicle was invented by Karl Benz. This invention greatly impacted the world and changed it forever. At the beginning of the auto industry, many car manufacturers began to emerge. However, only a select few have lasted through the years. For many decades consumers have demanded a safe pickup that performed well and was not extremely expensive.

Cars were suppose to have a big impact on the United States of America. Towards the end of the 1800’s it was perfected in Germany and France by some men. Their names are Nicolaus Otto, gottlieb Daimler, Carl Benz, and Emile Levassor.

Since the development of the steam engine people had been interested in creating self-powered vehicles, this manifested during the industrial revolution as the train. However, as time went on people became interested in creating a vehicle that wasn’t confined to tracks. The earliest attempts were moderately successful but served little practical purpose. Automobiles first began to truly spread with the invention of the electric motor which created cheaper, more powerful, and safer automobiles. Still the automobile still had numerous problems and were mainly in the hands of the rich. It was the development of the internal combustion engine and the assembly line that was truly able to create a practical vehicle that could be used by all and

Interesting to note is that the only invention he made was a two-cycle internal combustion engine. The automobile today has items that are critical to have. If a major car company were to produce a car powered only by Lenoir’s engine it would never sell because of the essentials.