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Gasoline Car Infrastructure (or “Electric Car Unfrastructure*”)

Gasoline Car Infrastructure (or “Electric Car Unfrastructure*”). A history in pictures. * Not actually a word. 1771: Nicolas Joseph Cugnot's steam-powered car. 1876: First 4-stroke Internal Combustion Engine. Karl Benz and his motorwagon. Nicolaus Otto and his engine.

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Gasoline Car Infrastructure (or “Electric Car Unfrastructure*”)

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  1. Gasoline Car Infrastructure (or “Electric Car Unfrastructure*”) A history in pictures *Not actually a word

  2. 1771: Nicolas Joseph Cugnot's steam-powered car

  3. 1876: First 4-stroke Internal Combustion Engine Karl Benz and his motorwagon Nicolaus Otto and his engine.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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!

  8. The 1910’s: First Gas Stations

  9. 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.

  10. 1920’s,1930’s: Better roads, more stations, repair shops

  11. 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

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