The History of Cars

Motor vehicles developed through many competing steam, electric and internal-combustion designs before mass production made personal transport widely accessible.

Key points

✓ Early electric vehicles were practical for short urban trips, while improving roads and fuel distribution helped combustion vehicles expand.

✓ Assembly methods reduced price and increased consistency, changing cities, employment and travel.

✓ Safety, emissions and efficiency standards progressively reshaped design.

✓ The present market again includes combustion, hybrid, battery-electric and hydrogen approaches.

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