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cars begins as early as 1769, with the creation of steam engined automobiles capable of human transport. -
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In 1807 Nicéphore Niépce and his brother Claude are believed to have built the world's first internal combustion engine. They called it a Pyréolophore. -
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In August 1888, Carl Benz's wife, Bertha Benz, became the first person to drive a car over a long distance. -
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In 1892, Rudolf Diesel a German engineer invented a "New Rational Combustion Engine" which lead him to building the first Diesel Engine in 1897 -
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Henry Ford's Model T car, introduced in 1908, is often regarded as the most famous of all early automobiles. -
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In 1914, Ford created a production-line system that focused on synchronization, precision, and specialization. Ford's cars came off the line much faster than previous methods (from 12.5 man-hours down to just 1.5), which increased productivity yet used less manpower. -
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Ford could afford to pay workers more as the number of workers needed decreased -
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Today, various body styles for the car exist such as the sedan/saloon, hatchback, station wagon/estate and van. -
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In 2010 it was estimated that there were over 1 billion vehicles in the world, up from half a billion in 1986. -
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Fully autonomous vehicles (driverless cars) currently exist in prototype (Google has developed a driverless car). These cars are expected to be available commercially around the year 2020.
