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An electric car charging station at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This station is run by Petrobras and uses solar energy.

A car (or automobile) is a wheeled motor vehicle that is used for transportation. Most definitions of cars say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods.

The year 1886 is regarded as the birth year of the car when German inventor Carl Benz patented his Benz Patent-Motorwagen. Cars became widely available during the 20th century. One of the first cars affordable by the masses was the 1908 Model T, an American car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. Cars were rapidly adopted in the US, where they replaced animal-drawn carriages and carts. In Europe and other parts of the world, demand for automobiles did not increase until after World War II. The car is considered an essential part of the developed economy.

Cars have controls for driving, parking, passenger comfort, and a variety of lights. Over the decades, additional features and controls have been added to vehicles, making them progressively more complex. These include rear-reversing cameras, air conditioning, navigation systems, and in-car entertainment. Most cars in use in the early 2020s are propelled by an internal combustion engine, fueled by the combustion of fossil fuels. Electric cars, which were invented early in the history of the car, became commercially available in the 2000s and are predicted to cost less to buy than gasoline cars before 2025. The transition from fossil fuels to electric cars features prominently in most climate change mitigation scenarios, such as Project Drawdown's 100 actionable solutions for climate change. (Full article...)

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1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible, one of the most iconic autos of the era

The 1950s were pivotal for the American automobile industry. The post-World War II era brought a wide range of new technologies to the automobile consumer, and a host of problems for the independent automobile manufacturers. The industry was maturing in an era of rapid technological change; mass production and the benefits from economies of scale led to innovative designs and greater profits, but stiff competition between the automakers. By the end of the decade, the industry had reshaped itself into the Big Three, Studebaker, and AMC. The age of small independent automakers was nearly over, as most of them either consolidated or went out of business.

A number of innovations were either invented or improved sufficiently to allow for mass production during the decade: air conditioning, automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes, seat belts and arguably the most influential change in automotive history, the overhead-valve V8 engine. The horsepower race had begun, laying the foundation for the muscle car era. (Full article...)

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2019 Toyota Corolla Design Hybrid hatchback (ZWE211, UK)

The Toyota Corolla (Japanese: トヨタ・カローラ, Hepburn: Toyota Karōra) is a series of compact cars (formerly subcompact) manufactured and marketed globally by the Toyota Motor Corporation. Introduced in 1966, the Corolla was the best-selling car worldwide by 1974 and has been one of the best-selling cars in the world since then. In 1997, the Corolla became the best-selling nameplate in the world, surpassing the Volkswagen Beetle. Toyota reached the milestone of 50 million Corollas sold over twelve generations in 2021.

The name Corolla is part of Toyota's naming tradition of using names derived from the Toyota Crown for sedans, with "corolla" Latin for "small crown". The Corolla has always been exclusive in Japan to Toyota Corolla Store locations, and manufactured in Japan with a twin, called the Toyota Sprinter until 2000. From 2006 to 2018 in Japan and much of the world, and from 2018 to 2020 in Taiwan, the hatchback companion had been called the Toyota Auris. (Full article...)

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Carlos Tavares at Geneva Motor Show 2018

Carlos Tavares (born 14 August 1958) is a Portuguese businessman, and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Stellantis, the world's sixth largest automaker by sales, formed by the merger of the PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. He was formerly the chief operating officer at Renault. (Full article...)

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1888 — Bertha Benz, wife of the inventor of the automobile Karl Benz, takes her husband's car, the Benz Patent Motorwagen for a 180 km (112 mi) overnight trip, the first ever long-distance automobile journey. Since 2008 this event is commemorated by a Bertha Benz Memorial Route.

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...that the racing version of the Dauer 962 Le Mans, winner of 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans, is a roadcar converted from a Porsche 962 racecar, which dominated Le Mans, Group C and IMSA during the 1980s.
...that the 25 Millionth VW Golf rolled off the production line in Wolfsburg in March 2007. The first Golf started production in 1974, 33 years later the 1.4 litre TSI version became the 25 Millionth car.
...that the nearly identical Ford Model T engines were produced for exactly 12,000 days
...that the first production turbocharged cars were General Motors' A-body 1962 Chevrolet Corvair and Oldsmobile F-85?
...that Jeep introduced the 1993 Grand Cherokee and 2007 Wrangler in the same way — by driving them through a plate glass window?
...that a small number of Renault 20s, badged as Dacia 2000, were made in the 1980s by Dacia in Romania for Romanian communist dignitaries of that time?
...that the Autobianchi Primula was the Fiat's first automobile with the front-wheel drive, transverse engine setup and rack and pinion steering?
...that the Plymouth Sundance is a liftback, even though the outside appearance might suggest that it is a sedan?

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Our mission is to offer the top performance sportscar manufactured legal for US roads. The sport in sportscar is motorsports, and in our case that means racing at road courses that include Daytona, Sebring, Road America, Watkin's Glen, Laguna Seca, Three Rivers, Homestead, and the like.

My cars are designed to be capable of the lowest lap times of any car manufactured US legal on tracks like these. The development process includes extensive racing at the professional level, where performance and durability are enhanced and demonstrated

—Warren Mosler

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Image 1Kiichiro Toyoda, president of the Toyota Motor Corporation 1941–1950 (from Car)
Image 22011 Nissan Leaf electric car (from Car)
Image 31927 Ford Model T (from Car)
Image 4Cugnot's steam wagon, the second (1771) version (from History of the automobile)
Image 5In the Ford Model T the left-side hand lever sets the rear wheel parking brakes and puts the transmission in neutral. The lever to the right controls the throttle. The lever on the left of the steering column is for ignition timing. The left foot pedal changes the two forward gears while the centre pedal controls reverse. The right pedal is the brake. (from Car)
Image 6The Vélib' in Paris, France is the largest bikesharing system outside China. (from Car)
Image 7Gurgel Supermini (from History of the automobile)
Image 8Panel for fuses and circuit breakers (from Car)
Image 91926 Bugatti Type 35 (from History of the automobile)
Image 10The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car of all-time. (from Car)
Image 11Audi A4 daytime running lights (from Car)
Image 12Low battery and motors can improve safety (from Car)
Image 13Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A (from History of the automobile)
Image 14Result of a serious car collision (from Car)
Image 15A robotic Volkswagen Passat shown at Stanford University is a driverless car. (from Car)
Image 16Bertha Benz, the first long distance driver (from Car)
Image 17Volkswagen Beetle (from History of the automobile)
Image 181946 GAZ-M20 Pobeda one of the first mass-produced cars with pontoon design (from History of the automobile)
Image 191974 Citroën DS (from History of the automobile)
Image 20The Smart Fortwo car from 1998 to 2002, weighing 730 kg (1,610 lb) (from Car)
Image 21A car being assembled in a factory (from Car)
Image 22Road congestion is an issue in many major cities (pictured is Chang'an Avenue in Beijing). (from Car)
Image 23The Ford Model T (foreground) and Volkswagen Beetle (background) are among the most mass-produced car models in history. (from History of the automobile)
Image 24Steam Machine Of Verbiest, in 1678 (Ferdinand Verbiest) (from Car)
Image 25The second Marcus car of 1875 at the Technical Museum in Vienna (from History of the automobile)
Image 261959 Morris Mini-Minor (from History of the automobile)
Image 27The first automobile in Japan, a French Panhard-Levassor, in 1898 (from History of the automobile)
Image 28Cars and trucks driving on a divided highway, Highway 401 in Ontario, Canada (from Car)
Image 291954 Plymouth Savoy Station Wagon, one of the first US all-metal station wagons (from History of the automobile)
Image 30Cugnot's 1771 fardier à vapeur, as preserved at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France (from Car)
Image 31Vehicles in use per country from 2001 to 2007. It shows the significant growth in BRIC. (from Car)
Image 32Armand Peugeot (from Car)
Image 33The Selden Road-Engine (from History of the automobile)
Image 34A Stanley Steamer racecar in 1903. In 1906, a similar Stanley Rocket set the world land speed record at 205.5 km/h (127.7 mph) at Daytona Beach Road Course (from History of the automobile)
Image 35Mass production at a Toyota plant in the 1950s (from Car)
Image 361929 Austin Seven (from History of the automobile)
Image 37Fiat 4 HP, the first car model produced by Italian manufacturer Fiat in 1899 (from History of the automobile)
Image 381958 Lancia Appia (from History of the automobile)
Image 39The Toyota Corolla is the world's bestselling nameplate. (from History of the automobile)
Image 401924 Doble Model E (from History of the automobile)
Image 41Gustave Trouvé's tricycle, the first ever electric automobile to be shown in public (from Car)
Image 42Émile Levassor (from Car)
Image 431885-built Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the first car to go into production with an internal combustion engine (from History of the automobile)
Image 44Carl Benz, the inventor of the modern car (from Car)
Image 45Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Company in 1903. (from Car)
Image 46Ransom E. Olds founded Olds Motor Vehicle Company (Oldsmobile) in 1897. (from Car)
Image 471929 Alfa Romeo 6C (from History of the automobile)
Image 48A replica of Richard Trevithick's 1801 road locomotive 'Puffing Devil' (from History of the automobile)
Image 49The original Benz Patent-Motorwagen, first built in 1885 and awarded the patent for the concept (from Car)
Image 50The Präsident automobile (from History of the automobile)
Image 51Rolls-Royce Phantom III (from History of the automobile)
Image 52German Flocken Elektrowagen of 1888, perhaps the first electric car in the world (from History of the automobile)
Image 53A Chevrolet Suburban extended-length SUV weighs 3,300 kg (7,200 lb) (gross weight). (from Car)
Image 54Model-T Ford car parked near the Geelong Art Gallery at its launch in Australia in 1915 (from History of the automobile)