A history in pictures
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1876: First 4-stroke Internal Combustion
Engine
Karl Benz and his motorwagon
Nicolaus Otto and his engine.

The Roads of the late1800s
Roads at the end of the 1800's and into the early 1900's were poor, often no more than cartpaths. Electric cars, with their heavy loads of batteries required being pulled, lifted and pried out of sinkholes.

The 1893 War
Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla’s Alternating Current (AC) is able to travel farther distances than Thomas Edison’s Direct Current (DC). AC is accepted in more cities, making it hard to charge the DC Electric Cars. Today all households run on AC and we use AC-DC adapters to run DC appliances.

The 1893 War
Nikola Tesla
Thomas Edison
Nikola Tesla’s Alternating Current (AC) is able to travel farther distances than Thomas Edison’s Direct Current (DC). AC is accepted in more cities, making it hard to charge the DC Electric Cars. Today all households run on AC and we use AC-DC adapters to run DC appliances.

1895: The First Car Company
134 identical Benz Velos where made and sold in France
Not many households had electricity or could afford it. Gas was only 5 cents a gallon!

The 1910’s: First Gas Stations

1901-1915: Gasoline Cars are mass produced in the U.S.
1901: 425 Oldsmobile Curved Dashes are sold.
Henry Ford
1915: 12,00 Ford Model Ts are sold!
The price was brought down by assembly line manufacturing.

1920’s,1930’s: Better roads, more stations, repair shops

References
• http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarsassemblya.htm
• http://www.econogics.com/ev/evhistry.htm
• http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blotto.htm
• http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcar3.htm