Automobile Timeline of Events

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Timeline of Events

1852

2.16.1852

Studebaker Brothers wagon company, precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.

1886

1.29.1886

Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.

1887

3.4.1887

Gottlieb Daimler unveils his first automobile which he test runs in Esslingen and Cannstatt, Germany.

1891

9.20.1891

The first gasoline-powered car debuts in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States.

1892

4.19.1892

Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.

1893

9.22.1893

The first American-made automobile, built by the Duryea Brothers, is displayed.

1895

11.5.1895

George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.

1896

6.4.1896

Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.

1899

9.13.1899

Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.

1901

4.25.1901

New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates. thumb

1908

9.27.1908

The first production of the Ford Model T automobile was built at the Piquette Plant in Detroit, Michigan.

1911

11.3.1911

Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.

1927

4.14.1927

The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.

1930

1.6.1930

The first diesel-engined automobile trip is completed, from Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City.

1935

9.3.1935

Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph

1942

1.13.1942

Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.

1947

6.10.1947

Saab produces its first automobile.