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Timeline- Cars

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Wheels got vehicles moving long long ago, allowing horse-drawn carts to cart heavy loads. The real breakthrough was when the invention of the internal combustion machine, which allowed cars to run on gas. Mass production followed forever changing the way humans travel.
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____ French engineer, Nicolas-Joseph Avignon builds the firs... ____Combustion engine. Swiss inventor, Francois Isaac de Rivas devises an engine that uses an explosion of hydrogen inside a cylinder to push a piston out. He uses the engine to drive a carriage a short distance. It is the worlds first automobile driven by an internal combustion engine.
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  • ____ French engineer, Nicolas-Joseph Avignon builds the first automobile. It was a three-wheeled car powered by steam from a wood burner at the front. It can reach speeds of up to 2 mph and has to be refilled with wood every 15 minutes.
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  • ____Combustion engine. Swiss inventor, Francois Isaac de Rivas devises an engine that uses an explosion of hydrogen inside a cylinder to push a piston out. He uses the engine to drive a carriage a short distance. It is the worlds first automobile driven by an internal combustion engine.
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  • _____ Explosive design. English engineer, Samuel Brown patents an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen. He mounts the engine on a cart and drives it up a hill in Greenwich, London in front of an watching crowd.
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  • ____ Four-step cycle. German Nicklaus Otto invents the four-stroke engine, an internal combustion engine that cycles through four steps- sucking in fuel, compressing it, burning it and expelling it.
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  • ____ First road trip. German engineer Karl Benz masterminds the Motorwagen, the first commercial gas-powered automobile. Soon, his wife Bertha takes it on the worlds first long- distance automobile journey, acting as both driver and mechanic.
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  • _____ Inflatable tires. Scottish inventor, John Boyd Dunlop invented pneumatic rubber tires for his 10 year old sons tricycle. Inflatable tires are later adapted for automobiles and become a huge success.
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  • _____Tin Lizzie. American businessman, Henry Ford starts the Ford Motor Company. He sells 1,700 cars the first year. A few year later the Model-T is nicknamed Tin-Lizzie, becomes the worlds first affordable car.
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  • ___ Assembly line. Ford introduces a moving assembly line to his factories, using a conveyor belt to haul parts past teams of workers. A model T can now be assembled in 90 minutes. By 1927, 13 million have been sold.
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  • ____ Traffic lights. The first electric traffic lights are installed in Cleveland, Ohio with red and green indicating stop and go.
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  • ____ First diesel car. The German car manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz brings the first diesel passenger car to the market. The 260-D model is displayed at an automobile show in Berlin and soon has a yearlong waiting list of buyers.
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  • ____ Belt up. The modern seatbelt is introduced, by Swedish manufacturer, Volvo. In the interest of safety, Volvo makes the patent open so that all car manufacturers can use it.
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  • ___ Japan’s automobile boom. The Japanese car industry expands rapidly, with small affordable and reliable vehicles by such manufacturers as Nissan, Toyota, and Datsun selling more than 7 million each year.
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  • By, ______ Japan will become the worlds leading car exporter.
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  • ____ Robot workers. The first industrial robot is used in car construction. Unimate is a robotic arm that welds parts and stacks metal on the production line, first used by US car manufacturer, General Motors.
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  • _______ Sporty numbers. Italian car manufacturer, Lamborghini is established by Feerruccio Lamborghini. Luxury sports cars become popular on both sides of the Atlantic, but only a small number of people can afford them.
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  • _____ Hybrid cars. The Toyota Prius- one of the earliest and most succea hybrid cars- goes in sale. It is powered both by a gas engine and an electric motor, improving efficiency and reducing toxic emissions. Within the next decade, more than 1 million hybrid cars will be sold.
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  • ____ Driverless cars. National and state governments in the US, UK, China and Germany have begun to grant permits for driverless cars and “robotaxis” are operating in Beijing and Shenzhen without human drivers. Driverless cars use a computer assisted by a GPS unit, laser sensors, cameras and other devices to find their way without human intervention.
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