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  2. Elio Motors - Wikipedia

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    As of June 2017, basic test mules and three validation vehicles (codenamed: E1-A, E1-C, and E1-D) were built to test safety, aerodynamics, and durability. Even though the E1-C is not used for testing, it was the most up-to-date interior with a cosmetically evolved engine. Elio claimed the autocycle could be produced using 80% soft-tooling. [5]

  3. History of the automobile - Wikipedia

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    1907 Takuri—the first entirely Japanese-made gasoline engine car produced by Komanosuke Uchiyama in April 1907. Also, in Japan, the Hatsudoki Seizo Co. Ltd. is formed, which was later renamed in 1951 as Daihatsu Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha. 1908–1927 Ford Model T—the era's most widely produced and available four-seater car.

  4. Timeline of motor and engine technology - Wikipedia

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    1957 – Rambler Rebel announced Electrojector electronic fuel injection option, however no production models were offered with the option. 1964 – Ion engine invented. [21] 1966 – RD-0410 nuclear thermal rocket engine was ground-tested. 1960s – alternators replace generators on automobile engines. [22]

  5. History of the internal combustion engine - Wikipedia

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    Internal combustion engines date back to between the 10th and 13th centuries, when the first rocket engines were invented in China. Following the first commercial steam engine (a type of external combustion engine) by Thomas Savery in 1698, various efforts were made during the 18th century to develop equivalent internal combustion engines.

  6. Timeline of North American automobiles - Wikipedia

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    (No civilian vehicles were made this year) 1944. Willys-Overland CJ-1 (1944) ... Chrysler Turbine Car (1963-1964) Ford 300 (1963) Ford Ranch Wagon (1963-1964)

  7. Bricklin SV-1 - Wikipedia

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    In 1978 mini-car builder F.W. & Associates offered a miniature version of the SV-1 to existing Bricklin owners through the pages of the Bricklin International quarterly magazine. The cars were powered by a 3 hp (2.2 kW) Briggs & Stratton gasoline engine and could be ordered in any of the Bricklin factory colours. List price was $550.00.

  8. Tucker 48 - Wikipedia

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    Three versions of the Tuckermatic were made: the R-1, R-1-2, and R-3 (R for Warren Rice, its designer). The first version, the R-1, was not installed on any of the final cars. It required the engine to be off in order to select a gear. The R-1-2 was improved by adding a layshaft brake to allow gear selection while the engine was running. This ...

  9. American automobile industry in the 1950s - Wikipedia

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    There were eleven [105] or twelve [106] different generations during these time spans. Unlike the Corvette, the Thunderbird was not marketed as a sportscar, but rather as a personal luxury car. [106] The car changed dramatically in size during these production periods, sometimes having a back seat and other times not. [106]