Automobiles: Past, Present, and Future.

Past

            Automobiles have played an important part of history. Richard Trevithick built the first steamed powered automobile called the Puffing Devil in 1801. Even then, people never believed it could beat a convention horse pulled wagon. Now there are over 590 million cars in the world, showing that the simple Steam powered car went to amazing places. 

The Puffing Devil

 

           

            The first four stroke car was made by Karl Benz in 1885. He was (and still is) the father of modern automobiles. Even though Benz was situated in Germany his partner, Emile Roger, was in France and sold many Benz Vehicles there. 

 

Present

            Many cars in the present use the four stroke engine made my Karl Benz. Over 590 million people in the world own one. People believe now that is the leading cause of CO2, or Carbon Dioxide, a cause of global warming. Much more modern type of cars is now hybrids, meaning that they run on vegetable oil.

Hybrid car

Future

            I believe in the future people will have reusable-energy powered cars, which works on sunlight, wind, or vegetable oil. Its not a far stretch to think futuristic cars will be able to fly, hover or go into oceans. In the future, cars may cease to exist, since teleporter technology might exist.

A futuristic car(concept)

Bibliography: "Automobile." Wikipedia. 1 Apr. 2008 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile.