The Evolution Of The Automotive Industry Over The Years

The evolution of the automotive industry over the years
 

In 1876 a gentleman by the name of Sir Douglas Clerk invented the first successful two stroke engine; it then took until 1885 for this design to be revised into a prototype of the modern gas engine by another gentleman called Gottlieb Daimler. The following year, in 1886, Karl Benz obtained the first patent for a gas fuelled vehicle. Vehicles back then were nothing like modern vehicles of today. The first prototypes had very little, if any, forms of suspension and the steering systems were very crude. They were built to prove a point and serve a basic service, the point they made was that it was no longer necessary to rely on horse and carriage for transportation as a vehicle was available that did not require manual propulsion. Read More