THE EVOLUTION OF THE AUTOMOBILE

AUTOMOBILE

Definition

It is a vehicle with a motor made to transport people or products

Importance

It is the transportation that is most used and the most comfortable.

The oil crisis

Fuel efficiency was improved

Electric vehicles began to be developed

First wheels

wooden or stone discs

Leather was added to make the trip more pleasant.

Rubber wheels

discovered vulcanization

a process to improve the strength and plasticity of rubber.

Robert W. Thomson decited the first pneumatic tire.

John Boyd Dunlop invented the first tires equipped with an inner tube

Metal wheels

Tires

were important advances in the materials

High-performance tires for sports vehicles

off-road tires for SUVs and 4×4s

and low-fuel tires

Electric and hydrogen engines

Autonomus cars

Invention of the combustion engine

Karl Benz built the first practical car

Could reach a maximum speed of 16 km/h

Steam engine

steam-powered vehicles began to be manufactured.

Internal combustion engine

Carl Benz patented the first four-stroke gasoline engine

Felix Wankel manufactured the first rotary piston engine

Turbo engine

Alfred Büchi patented a centrifugal compressor and a turbine

Diesel engine

the diesel engine began to be a profitable engine, smaller