1. HISTORY OF AUTOMOBILES
Prepared by,
Bhaskar
Lecturer in Automobile Department
KPT Mangalore
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2. INTRODUCTION
An automobile is a self propelled vehicle driven by an internal
combustion engine.
Used for the transportation of passengers and goods on the
earth.
Automobile engineering is a branch of engineering in which
we study all about the automobiles and have practice to propel
them.
Mobile or Motive which means one which can move.
Automobile means which itself can move.
Different names for automobile are,
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3. ORIGINE OF THE WORD
Automobile comes via the French language, from the
Greek language.
By combining Auto [Self] and mobiles [moving].
The alternative word car is believed to originate from
the Latin word “Carrus or Carrum [wheeled
vehicle]”.
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5. HISTORY OF AUTOMOBILE
Steam-powered self-propelled vehicles were devised in the
late 17th century.
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot A French Engineer demonstrated an
experimental steam-driven artillery tractor, in 1770 and 1771.
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is called as the Father of Automobile.
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6. By 1784 william murdoch had built a working model of a steam
carriage, and in 1801 richard trevithick was running a full-sized
vehicle on the road
In 1865 Locomotive Act passed for self-propelled vehicles in UK
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HISTORY OF AUTOMOBILE Continued…
1870, Austria: world's #1 gasoline-
run vehicle, the First Marcus Car
7. Steam Cars in 1990’s..
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HISTORY OF AUTOMOBILE Continued…
Carl Benz
1885-built Benz Patent Motorwagen, the first car with an
internal combustion engine
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Portrait of Henry
Ford (1919)
Ford Model T, 1927,
HISTORY OF AUTOMOBILE Continued…
11. In the 1950s, Ford developed a concept car Ford Nucleon
This Nuclear-powered automobile was designed, based on the assumption
that future nuclear reactors would be smaller, safer, lighter and more
portable The design called for a "power capsule" located in the rear of the
car, charging stations replacing gas stations and 5,000 miles of driving
before recharging or replacing the fuel
Ford never built the Nucleon -- only a model car half the size of a normal
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HISTORY OF AUTOMOBILE Continued…
18. The first car rolled out on the streets of Mumbai (then
Bombay) in 1898 three cars were imported in Mumbai
(India).
Within decade there were total of 1025 cars in the city.
Automobiles were imported till 1947
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INDIAN AUTOMOBILE HISTORY
19. 1942- Hindustan Motors incorporated
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INDIAN AUTOMOBILE HISTORY continued..
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INDIAN AUTOMOBILE HISTORY continued..
• 1944- Premier automobiles started
• 1945 Establishment of Tata Engineering and Locomotive Co.
Ltd. to manufacture locomotives and other engineering
products.
• 1953- The Government of India decreed that only those firms
which have a manufacturing program should be allowed
to operate
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Tata Motors launches its first truck in collaboration with
Mercedes-Benz 1954
23. 1945: Mahindra & Mahindra a part of the Mahindra Group
and was established manufacture general-purpose utility
vehicles.
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• 1955- Only seven firms, namely, HM, API, ALL, SMPIL,
PAL, M& M and TELCO received approval.
• 1960 - 1970 - The two, three wheeler industry established
a foothold in the Indian scenario.
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•1981-Maruthi Udyoug Limited in coloboration with
Suzuki Japan Started manufacturing cars
28. India is the largest three-wheeler market in the world.
India is the largest two-wheeler manufacturer in the world
India is the second largest tractor manufacturer in the world
India is the 5th largest commercial vehicle manufacturer in the
world.
The number one global motorcycle manufacturer is in India
India is the fourth largest car market in Asia
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PREESNT SCENARIO
