TRIVIA ABOUT CARS FIONN TIERNEY

CARS In 1769 Nicolas Joseph Cugnot of France invented the first self propelled mechanical automobile. It was a steam powered tricycle. In 1807 Nicèphone Nièpce and his brother Claude are believed to have built the first internal combustion engine but put it in a boat not a car. The first automobile was invented in 1886 by Karl Benz.

The First Car vs. Fastest

HISTORY OF CARS In the year of 1887,Benz was the first car company to be offered for sale. The first car accident happened in Ohio in The first cars did not have steering wheels. They would have used leavers instead. Ransom Olds in 1902 debuted a production- line manufacturing system at his Oldsmobile factory in Michigan,USA. The first speeding ticket was issued in The very first car radio was invented in 1929.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT CARS There are 165,000 cars produced everyday. There are 30,000 parts in a car. 80% of car parts are recyclable. 95% of a cars lifetime is spent parked.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT CARS CONTINUED Volkswagen own Bentley,Bugatti,Lamborghini,Audi and Porsche. There are more cars then people in Los Angeles. The Koenigsegg Agera R is the fastest street legal car. The Koenigsegg is a Swedish car that can reach speeds up to 173mph (439kmph). 35% of cars drive on the left side of the road which means 65% drive on the right.

FUELS IN CARS The most common way to provide your car with fuel would be by filling it up with diesel or petrol. In Brazil 92% of people use ethanol to fuel their cars which comes from sugar cane. Some other ways to fuel your would be by filling it with biodiesel,propane,compressed natural gas,hydrogen and electric batteries.

ELECTRIC CARS Electric cars help the environment while diesel and petrol release toxic gasses into the air which effects the O2 emissions. That is why we want to try and encourage people to buy electric cars but there is not enough locations to charge them at the moment.

My Dream Car?

QUESTIONS? Where did the first car accident happen? When was the first car radio invented? How many car companies do volkswagen own? How many cars are produced everyday?