Vehicles, also known as cars, are motorized modes of transportation used to deliver humans from one place to another. The first modern car was invented in 1886 by German inventor Carl Benz. Cars became widely available during the 20th century, led by Henry Ford's affordable Model T. Most vehicles today are powered by internal combustion engines using fossil fuels, but electric vehicles are growing in popularity and availability. While cars provide independence and economic benefits, there are also significant costs and downsides to vehicle usage, such as pollution, accidents, and infrastructure expenses.

1. A vehicle (or car) is a wheeled motor car that is used for transportation. Most definitions of
vehicles say that they run generally on roads, seat one to eight humans, have four wheels, and
specifically delivery humans in choice to items.[1][2] The three hundred and sixty five days
1886 is regarded because the birth yr of the car while German inventor Carl Benz patented his
Benz Patent-Motorwagen.[3][4][5] Cars have grow to be appreciably available during the 20 th
century. One of the primary vehicles affordable by using the hundreds became the 1908 Model
T, an American car synthetic with the aid of using the Ford Motor Company. Cars had been
suddenly followed within the US, wherein they changed animal-drawn carriages and carts.[6] In
Europe and special elements of the sector, call for for cars did not boom till after World War
II.[6] The automobile is taken into consideration an essential a part of the advanced monetary
machine. Cars have controls for driving, parking, passenger comfort, and a number of lights.
Over the a long time, more capabilities and controls had been introduced to cars, making them
steadily greater complicated. These include rear-reversing cameras, aircon, navigation structures,
and in-automobile enjoyment. Most vehicles in use inside the early 2020s are propelled by way
of using an inner combustion engine, fueled by way of the combustion of fossil fuels. Electric
motors, that have been invented early within the records of the automobile, have become
commercially to be had in the 2000s and are anticipated to rate much less to buy than fuel cars
before 2025.[7][8] The transition from fossil fuels to electric powered powered cars
competencies prominently in most climate exchange mitigation conditions,[9] in conjunction
with Project Drawdown's one hundred actionable answers for weather alternate.[10] There are
expenses and benefits to automobile use. The charges to the person embody acquiring the
automobile, interest payments (if the car is financed), repairs and safety, gasoline, depreciation,
the use of time, parking charges, taxes, and insurance.[11] The expenses to society include
preserving roads, land use, road congestion, air pollution, public fitness, healthcare, and getting
rid of the automobile at the quit of its existence. Traffic collisions are the maximum critical
reason of harm-related deaths global.[12] Personal benefits include on-name for transportation,
mobility, independence, and luxury.[13] Societal benefits encompass monetary benefits, which
incorporates job and wealth introduction from the auto business enterprise, transportation
provision, societal well-being from enjoyment and tour possibilities, and income generation from
taxes. People's potential to transport flexibly from region to place has far-achieving implications
for the man or woman of societies.[14] There are spherical 1 billion automobiles in use
international. Car utilization is increasing unexpectedly, specially in China, India, and other
newly industrialized international locations.