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The History Of The Automobile
By: Rohit
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Introduction
The reason why I choose to researchabout The History of The Automobile isbecause my interest in cars. Ive been
interested in cars for a while, so I thoughtit would we be appropriate to do mysenior project on them. I also thought it
would be good for my research on thistopic, because I plan to major in field thatrelates to it.
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Difficulties
The difficulty that I faced during thisproject was being real lazy.
I was procrastinating a lot, so I didnt
have much time to do my project, so Ihad to rush.
I also couldnt find many books to cite in
my research paper.
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T e History
The first car was built by Joseph Cugnot in
1769. It was powered by a steam engineand was very slow.
Jean Joseph tienne Lenoir was the firstto build the one cylinder engine, internal-
combustion engine, was later patent.
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The History
Nikolaus August Otto built the first fourcylinder engine.
In 1886 Gottlieb Daimler designed the
first four wheeled automobile. They alsocreated the first v-slanted engine. Karl Benz, know as one of the founders of
Mercedes-Benz, is the first to build anautomobile powered by an internalcombustion engine.
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The first
modernautomobile
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The History
Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybachwith Benzs manufacturing firm in 1926 tocreate Daimler-Benz. The joint company
makes cars today under the Mercedes-Benz nameplate, and Daimler Chrysler Henry Ford, a famous car company
founder, designed the worlds biggest carmanufacturer, manufacturing over 15million Model Ts by 1927
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The History
Hybrid cars have also been around sincethe 1900s.
In the 1900s Ford made more steam and
electric cars than it did gasoline. The first hybrid commercial truck was built
in 1910, and as the gasoline engine was
refined interest in hybrids died down.As problems with environment and gas
process continue, Hybrids are now a hotcommodity in the market place and arenow the new wave of future cars
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Engines Engines are like the heart of an
automobile and function likewise. The engine is made up of seven main
parts; the engine block, cylinder head,cylinders, pistons, valves, crankshaft, and
camshaft. The engine is also divided intotwo main parts; an upper section and alower section. The lower section of the
engine is called the engine block.
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Engines
The upper section of the engine is thecylinder head and falls into place on top ofthe lower section of the engine,
connecting cylinders and pistons together There are a nine types of engines used in
today automobiles. v-type engines, in-lineengines, flat (horizontal-opposed) engines,rotary engines, electrical engines, hybridengines, and diesel engines
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Engines cont. Rotary Engine is one of the weirdest
engines of all. The rotary engine has nopistons, and uses rotors in replace for thepistons.
Electrical engines are one of the twoengines that use electricity to power cars.When electric motors first came out theyrequired a lot of space, and a lot of
electricity to power them, so cars werebulky and heavy.
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Daytona Vintage
RaceCar Engine
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Engines (cont.)
Automobiles that combine two or moretypes of engines are called hybrids). Ausual hybrid engine is made of an
electrical motor with batteries that arerecharged by a generator run by a smallgas powered engine.
Diesel engines are the largest of allengines and are configured just like aninternal-combustion engine but it runs of adifferent fuel.
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t C t d Y
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20t Century and Years upon In the 1920s they started to evolve and
install synchromesh transmissions foreasier gear shifting; four-wheel hydraulicbrake systems; improved carburetors;
shatterproof glass; balloon tires; heaters;and mechanically operated windshieldwipers
In the 1930s car engines and bodiesbecame large and luxurious.
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20th Century and Years upon (cont.)
Two styles were created during the timeof World War II, European and American.The European style was compact and
small. They liked their cars to belightweight and small unlike the Americanstyle. Their cars were made of mostly
aluminum and the chassis and frameworkwas made of steel.
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20th Century and Years upon (cont.)
The American style was the opposite ofwhat the European style. The cars werebig and spacious inside, because
Americans liked to be comfortable whiledriving. Their cars were made with morepower, smooth riding and stability, power
steering, and power brakes.
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20th Century and Years upon (cont.)
Between the 1950s and 1960s Americanmanufacturers started making smallercars, but their engine size and horsepower
increased. By the 1980s Technology started to grow
in America because of new Japanese
innovations and imports.
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20th Century and Years upon (cont.)
As the 21st century progressed, carsimprove and computer technology beganto be utilized in cars. Cars today are now
mostly controlled by computer chips.
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20th Century and Years upon (cont.)
The computer chip manages most of thecar systems today. For instance, the anti-lock brake system is controlled by a
computer chip telling, them when to work.
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20th Century and Years upon (cont.)
They also have GPS systems in cars thathelp provide directions and guides drivers.Some cars now come equipped with GPS
locator beacons, enabling a GPS systemoperator to locate the vehicle, map itslocation, and if necessary, direct repair or
emergency workers to the scene. Cars are now made of lighter materials
that are quite very strong.
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Conclusion
In Conclusion Automobiles have been around centuries.It all started back when a curious Nicolas-JosephCugnot, designed a three-wheel automobile, which useda steam engine for an engine. These were the breadcrumbs for later in the future, and truly that is what they
became. Many inventors followed the bread crumbs andbuilt on what they knew inventing faster and morepowerful engines, smaller and smaller cars, and moreunique cars as time grew on. Cars have continued toevolve till today and will never stop because theresalways someone out there trying to be the next HenryFord or the next Gottlieb Daimler, or Wilhelm Maybach.Cars have only evolved for a little bit, and as technologycontinues to become better cars will too.
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