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Brief history of Cars through ages
Once a distant thought of human race, cars are now a dream of every common man. Cars are a very significant means of transport, and cars are now seen as an important commodity, after shelter and food. It is a sheer luxury to travel in a car with most modern features equipped to take care of any travelling needs. The comfort and pampering of luxury of a car cannot be expected from any other mode of road transport. This wonderful machine has evolved through the ages and has come to its current standing. There are a wide range of cars; from the expensive and the so called epitome of luxury ones like the Maybach or Rolls Royce to the least expensive ones like Tata Nano. The cars are equipped with most alluring features that would leave any car buyer confused. The history of cars is very clear and vivid, making each step a successful one, contributing to the development of the technology.
More than the design of the car or other features in the car, the engine was given prime importance during the initial stages of invention. The history of the four wheeler that is capable of transporting two or more than eight passengers, depending on the model, can trace back its beginning to sometime between 1672 and 1678. The first working steam-powered vehicle was created by Ferdinand Verbiest, a catholic priest in the Jesuit mission in China. Engineered for the Chinese emperor, the car was nothing more than a toy, which was not able to carry not even a single passenger. No evidence of this vehicle remains.
The next recorded car in that era was that of Thomas Newcomen, who tried building an engine on the vacuum principle. But this invention was an unsuccessful one and didn’t receive any appreciation. It took another sixty years for the invention of the pressurized stem engine by James Watt. And this was much better than Newcomen’s engine. After this it didn’t take much time, one invention followed the other with a very fast pace ending up in new-age cars.
In 1769, the first vehicle that travelled on its own power was invented. The car was engineered by M. Brezin and designed by Nicholas Joseph Cugnot. This was soon followed by a second unit, which had a top speed of two miles an hour. With its many demerits and disadvantages this vehicle was still a very important invention.
The non availability of a fuel, lagged the usage of internal combustion engine. Gunpowder was used but it didn’t work and the idea was finally dropped. The French, during this time, were trying to bring out something very revolutionary, and the electricity powered three-wheeled automobile, invented by Gustave Trouve came into picture and it was exhibited at the International Exhibition of Electricity in Paris.This became the first electric car in the history of cars. Based on Gustave Trouve’s invention paved way for the gas engine car invented by Etienne Lenoir. Lenoir’s engine was a bore of 5 inches and a 24 inch stroke.
More than the design of the car or other features in the car, the engine was given prime importance during the initial stages of invention. The history of the four wheeler that is capable of transporting two or more than eight passengers, depending on the model, can trace back its beginning to sometime between 1672 and 1678. The first working steam-powered vehicle was created by Ferdinand Verbiest, a catholic priest in the Jesuit mission in China. Engineered for the Chinese emperor, the car was nothing more than a toy, which was not able to carry not even a single passenger. No evidence of this vehicle remains.
The next recorded car in that era was that of Thomas Newcomen, who tried building an engine on the vacuum principle. But this invention was an unsuccessful one and didn’t receive any appreciation. It took another sixty years for the invention of the pressurized stem engine by James Watt. And this was much better than Newcomen’s engine. After this it didn’t take much time, one invention followed the other with a very fast pace ending up in new-age cars.
In 1769, the first vehicle that travelled on its own power was invented. The car was engineered by M. Brezin and designed by Nicholas Joseph Cugnot. This was soon followed by a second unit, which had a top speed of two miles an hour. With its many demerits and disadvantages this vehicle was still a very important invention.
The non availability of a fuel, lagged the usage of internal combustion engine. Gunpowder was used but it didn’t work and the idea was finally dropped. The French, during this time, were trying to bring out something very revolutionary, and the electricity powered three-wheeled automobile, invented by Gustave Trouve came into picture and it was exhibited at the International Exhibition of Electricity in Paris.This became the first electric car in the history of cars. Based on Gustave Trouve’s invention paved way for the gas engine car invented by Etienne Lenoir. Lenoir’s engine was a bore of 5 inches and a 24 inch stroke.
In a modern day engine, the gas is compressed in the same engine it is burned and the inventor of this is Alphonse Bear de Rochas who found out the process of bringing the gas into the cylinder, compressing it, combusting the compressed mixture, and then exhausting it.
The first diesel engine car was built in 1897 by Rudolf Diesel after getting the patent for a New Rational Combustion Engine. Daimler Motor Company had already started producing petrol engines back in 1891 itself.
There were constant efforts to build a steam car but the outcome was never satisfactory.
The name which changed the future of automobile is Karl Benz. He was successful in building an automobile that was powered by a gasoline engine for which he was awarded a patent. Benz was even granted a patent for his first engine, which was designed in 1878.
Benz started promoting his Motorwagen in 1886 and in a matter of few years time he was able to sell over 25 cars, which can be seen as a huge achievement for company. Benz, in 1896, was able to design the first internal combustion flat engine named boxermotor for which he was also granted the patent. By 1899 Benz grew as the largest automobile company in the world. All these achievements have fetched Benz the title as the inventor of the modern automobile.
Other achievements in the automobile sector include the first gasoline powered car in America that was built by Charles and Frank Duryea in 1893. By 1896 Henry Ford had already built his first car which he sold and used the money to build another one. And in 1899 Ford formed the Detroit Automobile Company along with Mayor of Detroit, William C. Maybury.
By 1900, the modern era of cars had already begun. Rolls Royce Silver Ghost was launched in 1906; the car is not in production now, but it can be seen as one among the cars that started off a new ‘car age’.
The first diesel engine car was built in 1897 by Rudolf Diesel after getting the patent for a New Rational Combustion Engine. Daimler Motor Company had already started producing petrol engines back in 1891 itself.
There were constant efforts to build a steam car but the outcome was never satisfactory.
The name which changed the future of automobile is Karl Benz. He was successful in building an automobile that was powered by a gasoline engine for which he was awarded a patent. Benz was even granted a patent for his first engine, which was designed in 1878.
Benz started promoting his Motorwagen in 1886 and in a matter of few years time he was able to sell over 25 cars, which can be seen as a huge achievement for company. Benz, in 1896, was able to design the first internal combustion flat engine named boxermotor for which he was also granted the patent. By 1899 Benz grew as the largest automobile company in the world. All these achievements have fetched Benz the title as the inventor of the modern automobile.
Other achievements in the automobile sector include the first gasoline powered car in America that was built by Charles and Frank Duryea in 1893. By 1896 Henry Ford had already built his first car which he sold and used the money to build another one. And in 1899 Ford formed the Detroit Automobile Company along with Mayor of Detroit, William C. Maybury.
By 1900, the modern era of cars had already begun. Rolls Royce Silver Ghost was launched in 1906; the car is not in production now, but it can be seen as one among the cars that started off a new ‘car age’.
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