A History of Cars

-in 1769, first self-propelled road vehicle was a military tractor invented by a french engineer, Nicolas J. Cugnot.

-in 1900, electric cars came to the American market and excelled above all other types of cars.

-after Henry Fords modifications to the manufacturing of car, in Detroit, in the early 1900s, the Model T was introduced and became one of the first cars to become mass produced.

-assembly lines took over and the rest is HISTORY.

-cars have been evolving since before the 21th century and will keep evolving into the next.


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