3. Etymology
• The English word car is believed to originate from Latin carrus/carrum
from Latin "wheeled vehicle" or "two-wheeled cart“. It originally
referred to any wheeled such as cart, truck, van and cars etc.
• "Motor car" attested in 1895.
• "Automobile," a classical compound derived from Ancient
Greek autos (αὐτός) "self" and Latin mobiles "movable entered
English from French and was first adopted by the Automobile Club of
Great Britain in 1897.
4. History
• The First working steam-
powered vehicle was designed
by by Ferdinand Verbiest,
a Flemish member of a Jesuit
mission in China around 1672.
• The first, self-propelled
mechanical vehicle or car was
built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in
1769.
5. First working Car (three-wheeled)
• In November 1881, French
inventor Gustave
Trouve demonstrated the first
working (three-wheeled) car
powered by electricity. Although
several other German engineers
(including Gottlieb
Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach,
and Siegfried Marcus) were
working on the problem at about
the same time.
6. Invention of Modren Car
• Karl Benz, the inventor of the
modern car.
• In 1879, Benz was granted a
patent for his first engine. His
first Motorwagen was built in
1885 in Mannheim, Germany.
• He was awarded the patent for
its invention on 29 January 1886.
7. Four Wheeled Vehicle
The world’s first four-
wheeled automobile was
built by Karl Benz with
the collaboration of
Daimler’s and Wilhelm
Maybach and featured
the first high-speed
gasoline engine.
8. Automobile Companies
TOYOTA VOLKSWAGEN DAIMLER AG
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Founded in 1933 Founded in 1930’s by Founded in 1926
By“Kiichiro Toyoda” “German Labour Front” “Karl Benz and
Gottlieb Diamler”
9. Automobile Companies
BMW HONDA GMC
Founded in 1916 by Founded in 1946 by Founded in 1911 by
“ Karl Rapp,Camillo Castiglioni, “Honda Soichiro” “William C. Durant”
Gustav Otto and Franz Josef
10. Automobile Companies
TESLA FORD NISSAN FIAT
Founded in 2003 Founded in 1903 Founded in 1933 Founded in 1899
by “Martin and by “Henry Ford” by “Masujiro and by “Giovanni
Elon Musk” Kenjiro Den” Agnelli”