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    A Car or Automobile Is A Motor Vehicle With Wheels

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    A car is a motor vehicle that transports people using four wheels and an internal combustion engine. It was invented in the late 19th century, with the first affordable car for mass use being the 1908 Model T. While initially used mostly in the US and Europe, car usage has expanded globally in the 20th century and there are now over a billion cars worldwide. Cars have additional modern features like backup cameras but many still use gasoline, though electric cars are growing in popularity.

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    A Car or Automobile Is A Motor Vehicle With Wheels

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    A car is a motor vehicle that transports people using four wheels and an internal combustion engine. It was invented in the late 19th century, with the first affordable car for mass use being the 1908 Model T. While initially used mostly in the US and Europe, car usage has expanded globally in the 20th century and there are now over a billion cars worldwide. Cars have additional modern features like backup cameras but many still use gasoline, though electric cars are growing in popularity.

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    A car is a motor vehicle that transports people using four wheels and an internal combustion engine. It was invented in the late 19th century, with the first affordable car for mass use being the 1908 Model T. While initially used mostly in the US and Europe, car usage has expanded globally in the 20th century and there are now over a billion cars worldwide. Cars have additional modern features like backup cameras but many still use gasoline, though electric cars are growing in popularity.

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    A Car or Automobile Is A Motor Vehicle With Wheels

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    A car is a motor vehicle that transports people using four wheels and an internal combustion engine. It was invented in the late 19th century, with the first affordable car for mass use being the 1908 Model T. While initially used mostly in the US and Europe, car usage has expanded globally in the 20th century and there are now over a billion cars worldwide. Cars have additional modern features like backup cameras but many still use gasoline, though electric cars are growing in popularity.

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    A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels.

    Most definitions of cars say that they run primarily


    on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people (rather than goods).
    [1][2]

    French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while Swiss
    inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed and constructed the first internal combustion powered
    automobile in 1808. The modern car—a practical automobile for everyday use—was invented in 1886,
    when German inventor Carl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Commercial cars became
    widely available during the 20th century. One of the first cars affordable by 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 horse-drawn carriages.[3] In Europe and other parts of the world, demand for
    automobiles did not increase until after World War II.[4] The car is considered an essential part of the
    developed economy.

    Cars have controls for driving, parking, passenger comfort, and a variety of lights. Over the decades,
    additional features and controls have been added to vehicles, making them progressively more complex.
    These include rear-reversing cameras, air conditioning, navigation systems, and in-car entertainment.
    Most cars in use in the early 2020s are propelled by an internal combustion engine, fuelled by the
    combustion of fossil fuels. Electric cars, which were invented early in the history of the car, became
    commercially available in the 2000s and are predicted to cost less to buy than gasoline cars before 2025.
    [5][6] The transition from fossil fuels to electric cars features prominently in most climate change
    mitigation scenarios,[7] such as Project Drawdown's 100 actionable solutions for climate change.[8]

    There are costs and benefits to car use. The costs to the individual include acquiring the vehicle, interest
    payments (if the car is financed), repairs and maintenance, fuel, depreciation, driving time, parking fees,
    taxes, and insurance.[9] The costs to society include maintaining roads, land use, road congestion, air
    pollution, noise pollution, public health, and disposing of the vehicle at the end of its life. Traffic
    collisions are the largest cause of injury-related deaths worldwide.[10] Personal benefits include on-
    demand transportation, mobility, independence, and convenience.[11] 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 taxes.
    People's ability to move flexibly from place to place has far-reaching implications for the nature of
    societies.[12]

    There are around one billion cars in use worldwide. Car usage is increasing rapidly, especially in China,
    India, and other newly industrialized countries.[13]

    Etymology
    The English word car is believed to originate from Latin carrus/carrum "wheeled vehicle" or (via Old
    North French) Middle English carre "two-wheeled cart", both of which in turn derive from Gaulish karros
    "chariot".[14][15] It originally referred to any wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, such as a cart, carriage, or
    wagon.[16][17]

    "Motor car", attested from 1895, is the usual formal term in British English.[2] "Autocar", a variant
    likewise attested from 1895 and literally meaning "self-propelled car", is now considered archaic.[18]
    "Horseless carriage" is attested from 1895.[19]

    "Automobile", a classical compound derived from Ancient Greek autós (αὐτός) "self" and Latin mobilis
    "movable", entered English from French and was first adopted by the Automobile Club of Great Britain
    in 1897.[20] It fell out of favour in Britain and is now used chiefly in North America,[21] where the
    abbreviated form "auto" commonly appears as an adjective in compound formations like "auto
    industry" and "auto mechanic".[22][23]

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