Essay - Automobiles
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Introduction to the topic
A car is a motor vehicle with wheels that is used for transportation.
the majority of definitions of automobiles say that they primarily drive on
road, they have capacity for between one and eight people, they have four wheels and
They mainly transport people instead of goods.
Etymology
It is believed that the English word car originates from the Latin / 'vehicle on wheels' or from English
half cart 'two-wheeled cart', which in turn derive from the Gaulish karros 'cart'.
Originally, it referred to any vehicle with wheels pulled by horses, like a
cart, a carriage or a cart.
The term 'motor car', attested since 1895, is the usual formal term in British English.
"Autocar", a variant also attested since 1895 and that literally means 'car.'
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"self-propelled car", is now considered archaic. The "horse-less carriage" is
witnessed since 1895.
"Automobile", a classic compound derived from the ancient Greek autós "auto" and from Latin
mobile "mobile" entered English from French and was first adopted by the
Automobile Club of Great Britain in 1897. Fell from grace in Great Britain and now
it is mainly used in North America, where the abbreviated form 'auto'
commonly appears as an adjective in compound formations such as "industry"
"automotive" and "automobile mechanic". Both forms are still used in Dutch and
German every day.
History
The first operational steam-powered vehicle was designed and
possibly built by Ferdinand Verbiest, a Flemish member of a mission
Jesuit in China around 1672. It was a scale model for Emperor Kangxi.
that a driver or passenger could not take. It is not known for certain if the model
de Verbiest successfully built or executed. He also built two steam tractors.
for the French army, one of which is preserved in the National Conservatory of
Arts and Crafts of France. However, their inventions were limited by
problems with water supply and maintaining steam pressure.
Coincidentally, in 1807, Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed his own
'Rivaz internal combustion engine' and he used it to develop the first vehicle of
world propelled by this engine. The Niépces Pyréolophore was powered by a
a mixture of Lycopodium powder, finely crushed charcoal powder and resin that is
they mixed it with oil, while Rivaz used a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen.
In November 1881, the French inventor Gustave Trouvé demonstrated the first
automobile in operation powered by electricity at the International Exhibition
from Electricity of Paris. Although several other German engineers were working
around the same time, the year 1886 is considered the year of
birth of the automobile when the German Carl Benz patented his Benz Patent-
Motorwagen; he is generally recognized as the inventor of the automobile. Studebaker,
subsidiary of a long-standing manufacturer of railcars and coaches, began to
manufactured cars in 1897 and started selling electric vehicles in 1902 and
gasoline vehicles in 1904.
Mass production
Ransom Olds started large-scale production line manufacturing of automobiles.
affordable in 1901 in its Oldsmobile factory in Lansing, Michigan, and was based on
stationary assembly line techniques initiated by Marc Isambard Brunel in
Portsmouth Block Mills, England, in 1802. The assembly line production style.
Mass production and interchangeable parts was initiated in the U.S. by Thomas Blanchard
in 1821, at Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts. Henry Ford expanded in
to a large extent this concept, starting in 1913 with the first assembly line
world mobile for automobiles at the Ford plant in Highland Park.
As a result, Ford cars came off the production line at intervals of 15 minutes,
much faster than previous methods, which increased eightfold the
productivity and used less labor. It was so successful that the painting became
in a bottleneck. Only the Japanese black would dry fast enough, which
what forced the company to abandon the variety of colors available before
1913, until the quick-drying Duco lacquer was developed in 1926. This is the source
from Ford's apocryphal comment, "any color as long as it is black."
combination of high wages and high efficiency is called 'Fordism' and was copied by the
majority of the main industries. The efficiency gains of the line of
assembly also coincided with the economic boom in the U.S. The line of
assembly forced workers to work at a certain pace with very
repetitive, which led to increased production per worker, while others
countries used less productive methods.
In the automotive industry, its success was dominant and spread quickly throughout the
world with the foundation of Ford France and Ford Great Britain in 1911, Ford Denmark
1923, Ford Germany 1925; in 1921, Citroën was the first native European manufacturer to
adopt the production method.
Currently, the automotive industry in China is, by far, the largest producer.
followed by Japan, then Germany, South Korea, and India. The largest market is
China, followed by the U.S.
Equipment
Cars are usually equipped with multiple types of lights. These include
headlights, which are used to illuminate the road and make the car visible for
other users, so that the vehicle can be used at night; in some
jurisdictions, daytime running lights; red brake lights to indicate when
they apply the brakes, amber turn signals to indicate turning intentions of the
conductor, white reverse lights to illuminate the area behind the car; and
In some vehicles, additional lights to increase the visibility of the car.
Most cars are designed to transport several occupants,
small car with four or five seats. Cars with five seats usually
accommodate two passengers in the front and three in the back. The
full-size cars and large sport utility vehicles to
minivans can carry six, seven, or more passengers. On the other hand, cars
Sports cars are usually designed with only two seats.
Objectives
Provide information about cars or automobiles
Tell the story of how the first vehicles originated.
Talk about your production and how it increases over time
Say how cars are equipped
Inform about the countries that produce the most in the automotive industry.
Conclusions
The automobile has been a great tool for man throughout history.
Before, they were not as necessary, as there was not such a variety in the cities, besides,
the price of these was too high.
Cars are very useful to society today and have many
advantages for daily life