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  2. History of the automobile - Wikipedia

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    Today, this is known as "the first Marcus car" but would be better described as a cart. His second car, built and run in 1875 according to some sources, was the first gasoline-driven car and is housed at the Vienna Technical Museum. [30] [31] However, the latest research shows that it was not built until 1888/89. [32]

  3. Timeline of North American automobiles - Wikipedia

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    Chrysler Turbine Car (1963-1964) Ford 300 (1963) Ford Ranch Wagon (1963-1964) Mercury Marauder (1963–1965) Plymouth Valiant (1963-1966) Rambler Classic (1963-1964) Studebaker Super Lark Custom R2 (1963) Studebaker Daytona Wagonaire (1963-1964) Studebaker Wagonaire (1963-1966)

  4. Car - Wikipedia

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    Electric cars, which were invented early in the history of the car, became commercially available in the 2000s and are predicted to cost less to buy than petrol-driven cars before 2025. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The transition from fossil fuel-powered cars to electric cars features prominently in most climate change mitigation scenarios , [ 14 ] such as ...

  5. Timeline of motor vehicle brands - Wikipedia

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    The first Daimler car was a converted carriage, but with innovations that are still adopted today (cushioned engine mountings, fan cooling, finned-radiator water cooling). [3] France. Steam: Peugeot (later internal-combustion, and the first to be entered in an organised race, albeit for bicycles, Paris–Brest–Paris) Germany.

  6. List of best-selling automobiles - Wikipedia

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    Automobile Production Units sold Notes 1927 Ford Model-T. Ford Model T: 1908–1927 16,500,000 [8] The first car to achieve one million, five million, ten million and fifteen million units sold. [8] By 1914, it was estimated that nine out of every ten cars in the world were Fords. [citation needed] Lada "Classic" 1970–2012 [9] 17,750,000 [10]

  7. American Motors Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Rambler also was an early pioneer in offering an automatic shift indicator sequence (P R N D2 D1 L, where if one selected "D2", the car started in second gear, while "1" began in first gear) on its "Flash-O-Matic" transmission which is similar to today's "PRNDSL" shift pattern, made mandatory for the 1968 model year cars, [24] which required a ...

  8. History of the electric vehicle - Wikipedia

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    Electric cars were limited to urban use by their slow speed (no more than 24–32 km/h or 15–20 mph [42]) and low range (50–65 km or 30–40 miles [42]), and gasoline cars were now able to travel farther and faster than equivalent electrics. Gasoline cars also overcame much of their negatives compared to electrics, in several areas.

  9. History of General Motors - Wikipedia

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    The history of General Motors (GM), one of the world's largest car and truck manufacturers, dates back more than a century and involves a vast scope of industrial activity around the world, mostly focused on motorized transportation and the engineering and manufacturing that make it possible.