America's Automobile Industry

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Americas automobile industry has been around since the early 1900's and have been competing ever since. Germany has invented the first gas powered car in 1886, according to (https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/auto.html). In early 1913 Henry Ford invented the assembly line which enabled us to produce cars at a much quicker rate, leading to more profit and more time being used productively.
New technologies include gas powered and electric vehicles in todays automobile industry. They have been improving since they have been invented and are being made more innovative as time goes on. Hybrids are being built, which reduce emissions, new features are being included in cars which takes driving to a whole new level for consumers. The number

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