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    Modern Cars and Driving On An In, Canada: Trucks Expressway Ontario

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    A car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation that typically seats 1 to 8 people. Cars came into widespread use in the 20th century and most modern economies depend on them. Cars have controls for driving, parking, and passenger comfort and safety, and are usually powered by an internal combustion engine, though electric and alternative fuel vehicles are growing in popularity.

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    Modern Cars and Driving On An In, Canada: Trucks Expressway Ontario

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    A car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation that typically seats 1 to 8 people. Cars came into widespread use in the 20th century and most modern economies depend on them. Cars have controls for driving, parking, and passenger comfort and safety, and are usually powered by an internal combustion engine, though electric and alternative fuel vehicles are growing in popularity.

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    A car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation that typically seats 1 to 8 people. Cars came into widespread use in the 20th century and most modern economies depend on them. Cars have controls for driving, parking, and passenger comfort and safety, and are usually powered by an internal combustion engine, though electric and alternative fuel vehicles are growing in popularity.

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    Car

    Modern cars and trucks driving on an expressway in Ontario,

    Canada

    Classification Vehicle

    Industry Various

    Application Transportation

    Fuel source Gasoline, diesel, natural

    gas, electric, hydrogen, solar, vegetable oil

    Powered Yes

    Self- Yes
    propelled

    Wheels 3–4

    Axles 2

    Inventor Karl Benz[1]

    A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transportation. Most definitions of car say
    they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four tires, and mainly transport people
    rather than goods.[2][3] Cars came into global use during the 20th century, and developed
    economies depend on them. The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the modern car when
    German inventor Karl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Cars became widely available in
    the early 20th century. One of the first cars that were accessible to the masses was the 1908 Model
    T, an American car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. Cars were rapidly adopted in the US,
    where they replaced animal-drawn carriages and carts, but took much longer to be accepted in
    Western Europe and other parts of the world.
    Cars have controls for driving, parking, passenger comfort and safety, and controlling a variety of
    lights. Over the decades, additional features and controls have been added to vehicles, making them
    progressively more complex. Examples include rear reversing cameras, air conditioning, navigation
    systems, and in car entertainment. Most cars in use in the 2010s are propelled by an internal
    combustion engine, fueled by the combustion of fossil fuels. This causes air pollution and also
    contributes to climate change and global warming.[4] Vehicles using alternative fuels such
    as ethanol flexible-fuel vehicles and natural gas vehicles are also gaining popularity in some
    countries. Electric cars, which were invented early in the history of the car, began to become
    commercially available in 2008.
    There are costs and benefits to car use. The costs include acquiring the vehicle, interest payments
    (if the car is financed), repairs and maintenance, fuel, depreciation, driving time, parking fees, taxes,
    and insurance.[5] The costs to society include maintaining roads, land use, road congestion, air
    pollution, public health, health care, and disposing of the vehicle at the end of its life. Road traffic
    accidents are the largest cause of injury-related deaths worldwide.[6]
    The benefits include on-demand transportation, mobility, independence, and convenience.[7] The
    societal benefits include economic benefits, such as job and wealth creation from the automotive
    industry, transportation provision, societal well-being from leisure and travel opportunities, and
    revenue generation from the taxes. The ability for people to move flexibly from place to place has
    far-reaching implications for the nature of societies.[8] It was estimated in 2014 that the number of
    cars was over 1.25 billion vehicles,[9] up from the 500 million of 1986.[10] The numbers are increasing
    rapidly, especially in China, Indiaand other newly industrialized countries.[11]

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