Have you ever wondered how we the got the automobile or who came up with the idea?
According to History.com (Division of the History of Technology, Transportation Collections,
National Museum of American History, in cooperation with Public Inquiry Services, 2001), Karl
Benz was the first inventor of the automobile, with the three-wheeled vehicle. Although Benz created the first car, Henry Ford created the assembly line which put Henry Ford in the spotlight of attention (A&E Television Networks, 2017). Henry Ford invented multiple types of vehicles.
These models included the Quadricycle, the Model A, and the Ford T Type Pickup Truck
(Biography.com Editors, 2017). Henry Ford's first car was the Model T, which he created in
1908. The Ford …show more content…
People started using automobiles because they got to places faster. People also used automobiles because they thought they were “cool looking” and they had what's called, “class.” Many wealthy people bought automobiles, such as doctors and wealthy families (Division of the History of
Technology, Transportation Collections, National Museum of American History, in cooperation with Public Inquiry Services, 2001). But it wasn’t just wealthy people who bought automobiles.
Many families bought automobiles because they were used for going to the grocery store, or going to work, or even going out to watch a movie (Division of the History of Technology,
Transportation Collections, National Museum of American History, in cooperation with Public
Inquiry Services, 2001).
Trucks changed the way freight was moved from place to place. Before trucks, freight was pulled by horses or transported by trains. As World War One was happening, trucks were more frequently used (Division of the History of Technology, Transportation Collections,
National Museum of American History, in cooperation with Public Inquiry Services, 2001).

Trucks were better than trains because they could go wherever they wanted or needed, and