The History of the Automobile

Since the late 1700's, European engineers began repairing motorized cars. Gasoline, combustion, electric motors were all tried in the mid 1800 's. By the 1900's, it was uncertain which type of engine powered the car. Electric cars were the most popular at the beginning, but at that time there was no battery to travel at a very fast speed or a long distance. Some of the initial speed records were set by electric cars, but they did not stay in production during the first decade of the 20th century.

The car we know is not invented by inventors in a day. The history of cars reflects the changes that have occurred all over the world. It is estimated that over 100,000 patents have produced modern automobiles. But we can point out for the first time in the process. It was the first and foremost automobile theory plan developed by Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newton. In 1769, the first self-propelled road vehicle was a military tractor invented by a French engineer and mechanic, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot (1725-1804). Cugnot used a steam locomotive to move his car, which was built by mechanic Brezin according to his instructions at the Arsenal in Paris. It was used by the French army to transport cannons at just two 1.5 mph speeds on just three wheels. In order to generate steam power, the vehicle has to stop every 10 to 15 minutes

The history of cars began in Germany and France in the 1880s, and they were pleased to invent a man-powered car that does not require horses very much. But the first car that can carry people was invented by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in 1769, but as it will be a very long job we will not enter into the history of cars in detail. Instead, we emphasize important time by dividing the important period into three eras which shape the history of the car into the present state.

When the history of the car is moving in the direction of becoming the first means of transportation. We have created demand for new fuels. In the 19th century, oil, coal, natural gas, kampen and kerosene were used as fuel and lamp. However, automobile engines require fuels that require petroleum as a raw material. When a car is out of the assembly line, refineries can not convert crude oil to gasoline fast enough. On September 6, 1892, the first gasoline tractor manufactured by John Floritch of Iowa State was shipped to Langford, South Dakota, where it was used for threshing for about 2 months. It is attached to a beam of wood, J. I. I have a vertical single cylinder gasoline engine that drives case threshing machine. Froelich founded Waterloo Gasoline Tractor Engine Company, later acquired by John Deere Plow.