The Evolution of

Cars
Inovation on wheels

by Dulca Stefan & Tomosoiu Tiberiu

The
The evolution
evolution of
of cars
cars can
can be
be divided
divided into
into number
number of
of areas,
areas, based
based on
on
the
the prevalent
prevalent
means
means of
of propulsion.
propulsion. The
The very
very first
first car
car in
in the
the world
world was
was invented
invented in
in
1807
1807 by
by
Francois
Francois Isaac
Isaac de
de Rivaz
Rivaz and
and had
had an
an internal
internal combustion
combustion engine
engine fueled
fueled
by
by
hydrogen.
hydrogen.

Lately,
Lately, in
in 1886
1886 Karl
Karl Benz
Benz invented
invented the
the first
first petrol
petrol or
or gasoline
gasoline
powered
powered
automobile.
automobile. This
This automobile
automobile is
is also
also considered
considered the
the first
first production
production
vehicle
vehicle as
as
Benz
Benz made
made several
several identical
identical copies.
copies.

Cars
Cars did
did not
not become
become widely
widely available
available until
until the
the early
early 20th
20th century.
century.
One
One of
of the
the first
first
cars
cars that
that was
was accessible
accessible to
to the
the masses
masses was
was the
the 1908
1908 Model
Model T,
T, an
an
American
American car
car
manufactured
manufactured by
by the
the Ford
Ford Motor
Motor Company.
Company. Ford
Ford Model
Model T
T was
was
produced
produced by
by Henry
Henry
Ford
Ford and
and had
had an
an amazing
amazing success
success because
because his
his car
car opened
opened travel
travel to
to
the
the common
common
middle-class.
middle-class. Some
Some of
of this
this was
was because
because Ford
Ford Motor
Motor Company
Company had
had an
an
efficient
efficient
fabrication,
fabrication, including
including assembly
assembly line
line production
production instead
instead of
of individual
individual
hand
hand
crafting.
crafting.

In
In the
the 1930s
1930s the
the diesel
diesel engines
engines began
began to
to be
be used
used in
in automobiles
automobiles
industry.
industry. The
The
Mercedes
Mercedes Benz
Benz 260
260 D
D was
was one
one of
of the
the first
first two
two diesel
diesel engine
engine produced
produced
passenger
passenger
cars,
cars, together
together with
with the
the diesel
diesel version
version of
of the
the Hanomag
Hanomag Rekord.
Rekord. The
The
260
260 D
D was
was
named
named in
in reference
reference to
to its
its engine
engine cubic
cubic capacity.
capacity.

In
In 1828
1828 the
the Hungarian
Hungarian nyos
nyos Jedlik
Jedlik performed
performed a
a primitive
primitive model
model of
of
electric
electric motor
motor
and
and with
with it
it an
an electric
electric vehicle.
vehicle. In
In 1834,
1834, the
the American
American blacksmith
blacksmith
Thomas
Thomas
Davenport,
Davenport, the
the inventor
inventor of
of DC
DC motor,
motor, performed
performed a
a motor
motor vehicle
vehicle
propelled
propelled by
by this
this
move
move on
on a
a circular
circular guide
guide provided
provided with
with electrical
electrical conductors
conductors supply.
supply.

In
In 1835,
1835, the
the Dutch
Dutch Sibrandus
Sibrandus Stratingh
Stratingh and
and Christopher
Christopher Becker
Becker made
made
a
a miniature
miniature
electric
electric car
car driven
driven by
by non-rechargeable
non-rechargeable batteries.
batteries.
Between
Between 1832
1832 and
and 1839
1839 Robert
Robert Anderson
Anderson performed
performed a
a nonnonrechargeable
rechargeable batterybatterypowered
powered electric
electric engine.
engine.

In
In 1899,
1899, the
the Belgian
Belgian Camille
Camille Jenatzy
Jenatzy exceeded
exceeded 100
100 km
km // h
h with
with an
an
electric
electric
vehicle
vehicle called
called Jamais
Jamais Content,
Content, which
which had
had an
an aerodynamic
aerodynamic shape
shape like
like a
a
bombshell.
bombshell.

If
If at
at the
the beginnings
beginnings of
of the
the automobile
automobile industry
industry cars
cars were
were made
made only
only for
for the
the rich
rich
people
people and
and didnt
didnt have
have many
many systems
systems and
and horse
horse power,
power, nowadays
nowadays this
this industry
industry is
is one
one
of
the
most
successful
industry
in
the
world.
At
present
everyone
can
buy
a
car
which
of the most successful industry in the world. At present everyone can buy a car which
can
can be
be made
made to
to be
be used
used for
for industrial
industrial field,
field, racing
racing and
and even
even tuning.
tuning.
As
As you
you can
can see
see from
from the
the beginnings
beginnings all
all the
the inventors
inventors tried
tried to
to make
make the
the fastest
fastest car
car in
in
the
the world,
world, a
a story
story which
which has
has not
not been
been come
come to
to an
an end
end yet.
yet. Some
Some of
of the
the fastest
fastest cars
cars in
in
history
history are:
are:
In
In 1894
1894 the
the Benz
Benz Velo
Velo which
which is
is the
the first
first production
production vehicle
vehicle reaching
reaching a
a 19
19 km/h
km/h
(12mph)
(12mph) top
top speed.
speed. Later,
Later, in
in 1949
1949 the
the Jaguar
Jaguar XK120
XK120 reached
reached a
a top
top speed
speed of
of about
about 201
201
km/h.
km/h.
Some
Some publications
publications say
say that
that the
the XK120
XK120 reached
reached 201
201 km/h
km/h (125
(125 mph)
mph) but
but that
that car
car was
was
a
a prototype
prototype produced
produced in
in a
a limited
limited number.
number.
In
In 1968
1968 the
the Italians
Italians from
from Ferrari
Ferrari set
set a
a new
new speed
speed record
record with
with the
the Ferrari
Ferrari 365
365
GTB
GTB Daytona
Daytona which
which reached
reached 280
280 km/h.
km/h.
In
In the
the 90s
90s the
the new
new world
world speed
speed record
record was
was reached
reached by
by McLaren
McLaren F1.
F1. The
The F1
F1 reached
reached
372
372 km/h
km/h (231
(231 mph).
mph).

In
In our
our times
times the
the fastest
fastest car
car in
in the
the world
world was
was made
made by
by Buggati
Buggati and
and
was
was called
called
Veyron
Veyron Super
Super Sport.
Sport. The
The Veyron
Veyron Super
Super Sport
Sport reached
reached the
the world
world speed
speed
record
record in
in 2010
2010
with
with almost
almost 415
415 km/h
km/h (257.87
(257.87 mph).
mph).
Nowadays,
Nowadays, the
the cars
cars are
are produced
produced at
at new
new standards,
standards, standards
standards which
which
at
at the
the
beginnings
beginnings of
of the
the industry
industry which
which at
at the
the beginning
beginning nobody
nobody had
had even
even
imagined.
imagined.

Today
Today cars
cars are
are part
part of
of our
our life
life because
because everyone
everyone can
can buy
buy a
a car
car for
for
business,
business, for
for
speed,
speed, for
for transport
transport or
or just
just for
for a
a small
small trip
trip in
in the
the morning.
morning. People
People can
can
choose
choose from
from
a
a lot
lot of
of brands.
brands. For
For some
some people
people the
the car
car defines
defines the
the social
social class
class
because
because they
they
are
are a
a mirror
mirror of
of wealth.
wealth. Because
Because of
of this,
this, cars
cars can
can be
be divided
divided into
into
categories
categories like:
like: city
city
cars,
cars, family
family cars,
cars, sport
sport cars,
cars, business
business cars,
cars, luxury
luxury cars.
cars.
City
City
Car
Car

Family
Family Car
Car

Luxury
Luxury car
car

Business
Business Car
Car

Sport
Sport Car
Car

We
We can
can say
say that
that cars
cars are
are part
part of
of our
our lives
lives because
because these
these machines
machines
can
can help
help us
us
travel
travel long
long distances
distances at
at different
different speeds,
speeds, or
or can
can make
make us
us avoid
avoid stress
stress
with
with just
just a
a
small
small drive
drive in
in the
the streets.
streets. But,
But, among
among these,
these, one
one thing
thing is
is sure:
sure: cars
cars
will
will always
always
become
become much
much more
more safer
safer and
and faster
faster because
because of
of the
the new
new innovations.
innovations.
That
That is
is why
why they
they are
are called
called innovation
innovation on
on wheels.
wheels.

Thanks for watching

Project
Project made
made by:
by: Dulca
Dulca Stefan
Stefan and
and Tomosoiu
Tomosoiu Tiberiu
Tiberiu

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