Car is a kind of practical vehicle used for transportation nowaday. People can hardly live without it. However, its popularity was gained through a complicated and long-time course, especially in the first half of the twentieth century. The newly established automobile industry in American boosted the United States economy, created new opportunities and jobs, at the same time, brought environmental problem.
Before car was invented, people were looking for a more convenient and pleasant way for travelling. Vehicle was invented under this demand. First automobile patent was obtained in 1787 by Oliver Evans, an American inventor.[1] However, it was more of a “prototype” and incapable of family use because it was not introduced to the mass market. It took about a hundred years for Oliver and his successors to explore mass-production techniques. Benz’s establishment of modern car was a significant milestone in the era. Benz helped increase the fuel-consuming efficiency for vehicles. Furthermore, Henry Ford revitalized the vehicle industry by offering affordable, capable Model T which officially made modern cars widely available to mass market. The Model T was introduced in 1908 came with black color and cost a modest $850, values $20800 nowadays, which made vehicles affordable. A competent accountant at that time could expect to earn $2000 …show more content…
Fuel provided in the first half of the twentieth century was not as “clean” as it is nowadays. Gasoline producers began to add a kind of toxic element, Lead, to gasoline in 1923 in order to improve engine performance which even resulted in 97% lead in the atmosphere that were polluted by gasoline with lead in 1970s.[12] Lead may cause high blood pressure and abdominal pain for human beings. It also severely threatened children’s health. [13] However, lead, as the additive, was not banned until the end of twentieth
Before car was invented, people were looking for a more convenient and pleasant way for travelling. Vehicle was invented under this demand. First automobile patent was obtained in 1787 by Oliver Evans, an American inventor.[1] However, it was more of a “prototype” and incapable of family use because it was not introduced to the mass market. It took about a hundred years for Oliver and his successors to explore mass-production techniques. Benz’s establishment of modern car was a significant milestone in the era. Benz helped increase the fuel-consuming efficiency for vehicles. Furthermore, Henry Ford revitalized the vehicle industry by offering affordable, capable Model T which officially made modern cars widely available to mass market. The Model T was introduced in 1908 came with black color and cost a modest $850, values $20800 nowadays, which made vehicles affordable. A competent accountant at that time could expect to earn $2000 …show more content…
Fuel provided in the first half of the twentieth century was not as “clean” as it is nowadays. Gasoline producers began to add a kind of toxic element, Lead, to gasoline in 1923 in order to improve engine performance which even resulted in 97% lead in the atmosphere that were polluted by gasoline with lead in 1970s.[12] Lead may cause high blood pressure and abdominal pain for human beings. It also severely threatened children’s health. [13] However, lead, as the additive, was not banned until the end of twentieth