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    The automobile has its origins in the late 18th century when Nicolas Joseph Cugnot invented the first self-propelled vehicle powered by steam in France for military use. Early automobiles were steam-powered, expensive, and difficult to maintain. The commercial automobile industry began with the invention of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine, including Karl Benz's construction of the first gasoline vehicle in 1885 in Germany. By the early 1900s, many automobile companies emerged in Europe and the United States, including Oldsmobile and the mass-produced affordable Model T Ford that dominated the market and drove automobile ownership growth.

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    The automobile has its origins in the late 18th century when Nicolas Joseph Cugnot invented the first self-propelled vehicle powered by steam in France for military use. Early automobiles were steam-powered, expensive, and difficult to maintain. The commercial automobile industry began with the invention of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine, including Karl Benz's construction of the first gasoline vehicle in 1885 in Germany. By the early 1900s, many automobile companies emerged in Europe and the United States, including Oldsmobile and the mass-produced affordable Model T Ford that dominated the market and drove automobile ownership growth.

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    The automobile has its origins in the late 18th century when Nicolas Joseph Cugnot invented the first self-propelled vehicle powered by steam in France for military use. Early automobiles were steam-powered, expensive, and difficult to maintain. The commercial automobile industry began with the invention of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine, including Karl Benz's construction of the first gasoline vehicle in 1885 in Germany. By the early 1900s, many automobile companies emerged in Europe and the United States, including Oldsmobile and the mass-produced affordable Model T Ford that dominated the market and drove automobile ownership growth.

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    The automobile has its origins in the late 18th century when Nicolas Joseph Cugnot invented the first self-propelled vehicle powered by steam in France for military use. Early automobiles were steam-powered, expensive, and difficult to maintain. The commercial automobile industry began with the invention of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine, including Karl Benz's construction of the first gasoline vehicle in 1885 in Germany. By the early 1900s, many automobile companies emerged in Europe and the United States, including Oldsmobile and the mass-produced affordable Model T Ford that dominated the market and drove automobile ownership growth.

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    AUTOMOBILE HISTORY

    The automobile history dates back to the late 18th century. Nicolas Joseph
    Cugnot, a French engineer is credited with inventing the first self-propelled
    automobile. Cugnot's vehicle used steam power for locomotion. The vehicle
    found military application in the French army. Cugnot's automobile was never
    commercially sold. In the beginning automobile industry was dominated by
    steam-powered vehicles. The vehicles were expensive and difficult to maintain.
    The incidence of frequent boiler explosions also kept potential purchasers away.
    Commercial history of automobiles started with the invention of gasoline
    powered

    internal

    combustion

    engines.

    The

    German

    inventor,

    Karl

    Benz

    constructed his first gasoline powered vehicle in 1885 at Mannheim, Germany.


    Commercial production of Benz cars started in 1888. Panhard et Levassor of
    France was the first company to exclusively build and sell motor cars from 1889.

    The early 1900s saw many automobile manufacturing companies coming


    into existence in a number of European countries and the United States. The first
    mass produced automobile in the United States was the curved-dash Oldsmobile.
    It was a three-horsepower machine and sold 5,000 units by 1904. The economics
    of the US car market was disrupted by the arrival of Henry Ford and his Model T
    car. The Model T was the world's first mass produced vehicle- a million units were
    sold by 1920- a space of 10 years.

    BIRTH OF AUTOMOBILES

    Horses had dreams of them since time immemorial, but it was only in the
    18th century that the first horseless carriage actually hit the roads. That's not to
    say that the idea never struck anyone. Seeds of the idea, in fact, originated long
    before the first contraption was rolled. The History of the automobile actually
    began about 4,000 years ago when the first wheel was used for transportation in
    India. Several Italians recorded designs for wind-driven cars. The first was Guido
    da Vigevano in 1335. It was a windmill-type drive to gears and thus to wheels.
    Vaturio designed a similar car

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