The Effect Of Technology On The Automobile

Since Automobiles have been around they have been changed due to the technology. I will take you through most of the changes from the first vehicle until today. Technology runs parallel to the production of cars. This is true from the design of the engine to body style to type of tires and more.
One of the first automobiles is a steam powered tractor to carry an artillery gun. This was made in 1769 by Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot and could only go two miles an hour. Soon after it was wreaked and considered the first automobile accident. In 1789 the first U.S. patent was to Oliver Evans on a steam-powered land vehicle. In 1801 another steam carriage was built and blew up after 4 days due to letting the boiler go dry. George Seldon filed for his patent on a “road engine”. This was a new internal combustion engine which was left pending for 15 years. It was then issued in 1895.
In 1895 France and Germany were ahead in technology. This let them sell cars through catalogues. Cars...