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27 May 08
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Model "T," but that was actually a latecomer in the development of the automobile.
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Leonardo da Vinci, who drew up a basic plan for motor driven vehicle.
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rate of 2 1/2 miles per hour.
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Robert Anderson designed a more practical motor vehicle that used a battery to power a small motor
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It was the invention of the first reliable internal combustion engine that really brought a reliable, workable automobile to the world
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1885 that Daimler perfected his internal combustion engine
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affordable to more people, rather than just a toy for the rich, as autos had been up until that time.
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Roads and highways were pretty primitive when the automobile first came on the scene; but with the demand growing as fast as car ownership, roads, streets, then highways, and finally freeways began to be built, offering more connection between places that had formerly been dependent on horse riders or the railroad for news and goods from elsewhere.
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Ransome Eli Olds, it was called the "Curved Dashboard Oldsmobile,"
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less dependent on fossil fuel
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1). The Model T, introduced in 1908, was a huge success; and, 2). In 1913, Ford made use of the conveyor belt in his factories, and began making automobiles on a moving conveyor line, something that had not been tried before. This was a smashing success, speeding up the assembly process to the point that by 1927, more than 15 million Model T cars had been made.
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