Cars

Evolution of cars

Sometimes you see cars now and think it's nothing, actually, you wouldn't really think anything of it. But if you see cars from back then you would realise how far we have come in the evolution of cars.

Cars back in the 1800s

As you can see, the cars back then look much different from the cars you see now.

But how did we get here in the first place?

We got to this point in cars thanks to the genius inventors: Hans Hautsch, Karl Benz, and Henry Ford.

Hans Hautsch 1649

Hans Hautsch was born into a family of craftspeople and he was a very skilled craftsperson, inventing the wheelchair. His creation of the wheelchair helped him make a four-wheeled vehicle.

Karl Benz 1885

Karl (or Carl) Benz was born in 1844 and like Hans, was an engineer. But unlike Hans, Karl made a three-wheeled vehicle that had techonology much like the cars we use today. One of the pieces of technology used in Karl's version of the car that we use today is a four stroke engine,

Henry Ford

Henry Ford was an American industrialist who made themodel t.When Ford became a chief engineer in the company he worked for, he decided to experiment with gasoline engines which ended up helping him make theFord Quadricycle.Then he teamed up with Thomas Eddison and they worked to improve the quadricycle. Years later they developed the model t which had a steering wheel on the left and all of the mechanical parts were enclosed, protecting them.

How did these men help improve our designs in cars?

First, Hans helped inspire more vehicles to have four wheels.Karl used a four-stroke engine which many cars still use today. Ford made the steering wheel on the left, which all cars have now.

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Hans Hautsch
Karl bens
Henry Ford