Posted on 3/14/2022
There are a few major inventions that have shaped the evolution of the automobile, and thus society at large. We’ve tried to keep this list short by leaving out some of the things that haven’t greatly changed motoring for the average consumer. Take ABS brakes, for example: there might be more accidents (and more severe accidents) without them, but progress would probably not have gone in a different direction if they had never been invented. We would probably still live and drive more or less the same. Without the inventions on this list, though, the driving experience would look totally different. 1. The internal combustion engine Before the internal combustion engine, cars were run by the steam engine. The combustion engine proved to be more energy-efficient, and thus was key to making automobiles that could travel fast and far at affordable cost. In addition, combustion engi ... read more