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Horseless Cars Research Paper

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"Persons who are inclined to decry the development of the horseless carriage will be forced to recognize it as an admitted mechanical achievement, highly adapted to some of the most urgent needs of our civilization." (1) In 1893 Charles and his brother frank Duryea presented to the worlds first gasoline powered Car. They tested it in the streets of spring field, Massachusetts September 20th 1893. Charles Duryea founded the Duryea motor company in 1896, the first company to manufacture and sell these gasoline powered cars. By 1896 the Duryea companysold thirteen cars of the model Duryea, an expensive limousine, which remained in production into the 1920s.8:55 in the morning, November 28, 1895, six of the Duryea brothers motor cars left Chicago's Jackson Park for a 54 mile race to Evanston, Illinois and back through the snow. The Number 5 motor car, piloted by inventor J. Frank Duryea, won the race in just over 10 hours at the speed of 7.3 miles per hour.The winner won $2,000, the enthusiast who named the horseless vehicles "motorcycles" won $500. The first automobile race was on march …show more content…

and Of course the demand for the model T skyrocketed. Road construction created a bunch of new job openings, as state and local governments began funding highway designs. Oil and steel were two well-established industries that received a big boost by the demand for automobiles. The social effects of the car were as great. Freedom of choice encouraged many family vacations to places where they currently couldn’t get to. Teenagers gained more and more independence with driving freedom. Americans had experienced traffic jams for the first time, as well as traffic car accidents and deaths. Soon, demands were made for license and safety regulations on a state level. Other then those drawbacks, Americans loved their cars. more and more were purchased, drivers saw their worlds grow much

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