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1934–1956 Citroën Traction Avant—first mass-produced front-wheel drive car, built with monocoque chassis 1936–1955 MG T series —sports cars 1938–2003 Volkswagen Beetle —a design that was produced for over 60 years with over 20 million units assembled in several countries
Being the first reliable, easily maintained, mass-market motorized transportation made the Model T into a great success: Within a few days after release, 15,000 orders were placed. [28] The first production Model T was built on August 12, 1908, [29] and left the factory on September 27, 1908, at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan.
The Renault Fluence Z.E. was the first mass production electric car enable with switchable battery technology and sold for the Better Place network in Israel and Denmark. [119] Better Place launched its first battery-swapping station in Israel, in Kiryat Ekron, near Rehovot in March 2011. The battery exchange process took five minutes. [120]
For the first time Karl Benz publicly drove the car on July 3, 1886, in Mannheim at a top speed of 16 km/h (10 mph). [ 10 ] Benz later made more models of the Motorwagen: model number 2 had 1.1 kW (1.5 hp) engine, and model number 3 had 1.5 kW (2 hp) engine, allowing the vehicle to reach a maximum speed of approximately 16 km/h (10 mph).
It was introduced by the Oldsmobile company in 1901 and produced through 1903; 425 were produced the first year, [5] 2,500 in 1902, and over 19,000 were built in all. [6] When General Motors assumed operations from Ransom E. Olds on November 12, 1908, [ 7 ] GM introduced the Oldsmobile Model 20 , which was the 1908 Buick Model 10 with a ...
From 1894 to 1902, Benz produced over 1,200 of what some consider the first mass-produced car, the Velocipede, later known as the Benz Velo. [20] The early Velo had a 1L 1.5-metric-horsepower (1.5 hp; 1.1 kW) engine, and later a 3-metric-horsepower (3 hp; 2 kW) engine. giving a top speed of 19 km/h (12 mph).
One of the first truly serious electric vehicles, it had a 36-volt system that could travel at 40 mph for up to 40 miles. In 1960, it was upgraded to 72 volts, which gave it a 60-mile range at up ...
The Nash 600 was the first mass-produced unibody-constructed car in the United States and the era's most advanced domestic car design and construction. [5] The "600" name comes from the car's advertised ability to go 600 miles (970 km) on one tank of gasoline. The Nash 600 was positioned in the low-priced market segment. [6]