HISTORY OF MOTOR VEHICLE

   HISTORY OF AUTOMOBILE  / AUTOMOTIVE 

We know all, the first Automobiles were horse-drawn buggies and carriages powered by the fuel-burning engine, Internal combustion (IC) Engines instead of horses. They were called motor vehicles and horseless carriages. 

What do you mean Automobile/Automotive?

Auto- means self, mobile/motive mean- movable, thus self movable (which can move) vehicles are called Automobiles/Automotive. 

Purpose of Automobile/Automotive

The automobile/automotive is a self-propelled vehicle that is used for the transportation of passengers and goods/cargo up on the road.

A Self-propelled vehicle is that in which power required for propulsion is produced from within like Aeroplane, ship motor ship, locomotive, car, bus, truck, tractor, scooter, motorcycle are the examples of a self-propelled vehicle. The motor vehicle is another name for a self-propelled vehicle running on the road or ground. A vehicle means it is a machine that is used for the transportation of passengers and goods. A motor vehicle is a vehicle that contains a motor (Engine or Motor) to move or drive it from one place to another place upon the roads. This motor vehicle is another popular name for Automobile or Automotive.

Automobile-vs-Automotive

The word of Automobile mainly used for all types of four-wheelers and three-wheelers and two-wheelers. This automobile term generated from Franch means the vehicle moved on the road and ground. Automobile words nowadays became quite off-fashion. earlier motor vehicle industry called automobile industry. Even today itself automobile remains the same but modern motor vehicles are often new way said that automotive is the modernised way.

In the context of Automotive have various auto sectors comes under the manufacturing, design, parts, service, auto accessories, and active operation in the automotive industry.

Let's talk a History of motor vehicle

Earlier in 1769, A French engineer Captain Nicholas Cugnot built a road present vehicle propelled only moved forward by its power it was an External Combustion Engine means Steam Engine. That engine was not run successfully upon the road because large and heavy and also powered developed by an external combustion engine it was the (steam engine).

In 1876 Internal Combustion (IC) Engine was developed by German Engineer Nicolas August Otto. Engine operation with Otto cycle means four-stroke operation engine. In the earlier 1860s first IC Engine was designed by Etienne Lenoir. That IC engine has more contributed by Nicholas August Otto and other engineers and scientist George Brayton Brown some contribution in the modern Internal Combustion (IC) Engine. It was inside liquid fuel burning in the combustion chamber.

In 1885/86 Carl Benz built the first practical petrol burning car. It had three wheels one in font two in the rear. He got the title and earned distinction being called the father of the automobile. In the year 1893 German inventor, Sir Rudolf Diesel first designed Compression Ignition (CI) Engine that was the first Diesel engine invented. The early engine had one or two-cylinder that could produce only one or two horsepower. A horsepower is roughly around the power of one horse.

Again in Germany, In 1885, The world First Motorcycle was developed by Gottlieb Daimler. He created liquid fuel ( Petroleum) burning engine with a carburettor and upright (vertical) single-cylinder form, then after a few years, again Germany in 1893 the first diesel engine was invented by  Rudolf Diesel that was a prototype diesel engine tested. During the years and years more improvement the engine. During 1897 diesel engines produced tests successfully.

Earlier in 1830, the first world truck and bus was discovered that engine was the steam powered-driven vehicle. After the Internal Combustion engine was invented they gradually developed invented engines using liquid fuel petroleum. In 1896 the first truck was built by Gottlieb Daimler in Germany. Around the 1920s the diesel-powered engine trucks were driven in Europe and America and other parts of the world. The world first truck and manufacturing company was the Daimler motor company. In Germany, in 1898 Daimler motor corporation world-first engine-powered bus was built. 

Earlier, the bus model was of a horse-drawn carriage, In 1830 the first bus was built by Goldsworthy Gurney in England with that steam-powered engine. Then after 1898 in Germany Engineer, Gottlieb Daimler built an internal combustion engine bus launch by Daimler motor company. 

In America, the first car was made by two American brothers Charles and Frank Duryea in1893. Later on, Henry Ford made his first car in the year 1895. In1896 an early Henry Ford set up Ford Motor Company started manufacturing cars. During that time car manufacture was expensive but in the 19th-century lot of cars and automobiles were being produced by many other countries. By 1908 Ford Motor was manufacturing cars in huge production in America. T- model Ford on the first modern assembly line. During the next two decades, 15 lakh model-T ford cars were sold around the world. Today, the American automobiles industry is one of the biggest in the world. 

IN INDIA

1897 first car to arrive in India was a British man Mr Forster again in the same year Jamshedji Tata became the first Indian to own a car. From the year 1910 to 1939 only imported cars and other automobiles, In  1940 Indian automobiles industry emerged than from 1942 to 1944 two automobiles factories were set up in India one was Hindustan Motor limited  Calcutta and Premier Automobile Limited Bombay. In 1942 first Indian built private car was Hindustan Ten (10) model made by Hindustan Motor Limited in Calcutta, but it's not a fully indigenous car that takes technical collaboration with Morris Motor from British Company.

In 1944 Premier Automobiles built Chrysler, Dodge, Fait cars assembly in Bombay. The two brothers Mahindra & Mahindra was established, then 1949 to produce jeep Willys, Jeep CJ 3A in the western region of India. In 1948 Ashok Leyland was built as a commercial vehicle but the Government approved it by the manufacturer in1954. In 1954 TATA introduced a plant for the manufacture of commercial vehicles at Jamshedpur. Post independent year, the government of India focus on the Indian indigenization Automobile set up so that other foreign Automobile companies ran away. 

In 1948 Ashok Layland was set up at Madras right now Chennai, the founder of Ashok Layland was Raghunandan Saran. Before Ashok Motor became Ashok Layland it's was a collaboration with British company Austin Motor then it became Ashok Layland in 1955. The Indian government approved to manufactured commercial vehicles. 1967 first Indian double-decker bus launched with started with 50% indigenous localization components. In 1997 India's first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus was launched by Ashok Layland. Now, Ashok Layland become 2nd largest Commercial vehicle manufacturing in India.

From the 1960s to the 1980s these two decades Hindustan Motor, Ambassador car and Premier Fait 1100 saloon car was dominant in the Indian market. At that time two-wheelers also boost up for common people. In 1982 Japanese company Suzuki tie-up setup with the Government of India made of Maruti Udyog Limited, popularly known as Maruti Suzuki, then 1983 Maruti Udyog Limited manufacturing car that model was Maruti 800 car. That car was to make a people's car for middle-class Indians. These Maruti 800 car has defined the modern Indian Automobile industry. Maruti Udyog Limited was started 2nd series was Indian first Multi Utility Vehicle (MUV) Maruti OMNI was launched in 1984 later on Model Gypsy was launched in 1990.

1988 Tata Motor entered the passenger vehicle in the market, Tata motor first car was launched model Tata Sierra in1991.in 1994 Tata Sumo launched it was ten-seater SUV car. Gradually other foreign Motor Companies arrived in India like Hyundai, Honda, General Motor, Ford, Toyota and other luxury cars brands. Today, the automobiles industry is one of the biggest in the world. Cores of people work in the automobile industry and its related businesses. lakhs of men and women is to service automotive vehicles and keep them running.