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Early developments essential to the development of automobiles. Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, physics of the internal combustion engine; Illuminating gas, first internal combustion engine fuel; Ligroin or heavy naphtha, first liquid automotive fuel, n-hexane; Car and car engine designers, chronologically by first vehicle/engine built
Elwood Haynes (October 14, 1857 – April 13, 1925) was an American inventor, metallurgist, automotive pioneer, entrepreneur and industrialist.He invented the metal alloy stellite and independently co-discovered martensitic stainless steel along with Englishman Harry Brearley in 1912 and designed one of the earliest automobiles made in the United States.
1891: the first workable American gasoline car, made by John W. Lambert Lambert 1901 experimental automobile John Lambert and his brothers in 1902 in a Union Automobile Lambert 1907 automobile advertisement with the friction transmission featured in it. Lambert Automobile Company, 1908. Lambert had more than 600 inventions. [3] [4] [5]
Carl (or Karl) Friedrich Benz (German: [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈbɛnts] ⓘ; born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant; 25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929) was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical modern automobile and first car put into series production. [1]
The Elwood Haynes Museum is a museum in the former mansion owned by Elwood Haynes located in Kokomo, Indiana.Haynes was an inventor who is credited with being the first to produce cars commercially in 1894.
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).
1975 – Catalytic converters are first widely introduced on production automobiles in the US to comply with tightening EPA regulations on auto exhaust. 1980s – electronically controlled ignition improved to reduce pollution. 1980s – electronic fuel injection appears on gasoline automobile engines.
On March 4, 1898, Winton sold a car to Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania, for approximately $1000. The transaction is considered one of the first commercial sales of a domestic gas-powered vehicle in America. [4] Another early Winton customer was James Ward Packard. Purportedly, after being disappointed by the quality and performance ...