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Automobile
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A car
Automobil
Automobilism
Automobles
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Car
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Car transportation
Cars
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motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transporting passengers
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a wheeled motor vehicle for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor

Established alternatives for some aspects of automobile use include public transit (buses, trolleybuses, trains, subways, monorails, tramways), cycling, walking, rollerblading, skateboarding and using a velomobile. Car-share arrangements and carpooli

Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods

However, the term is far from precise because there are many types of vehicles that do similar tasks

comes via the French language, from the Greek language by combining auto with mobilis [moving

Karl Benz's "Velo" model (1894) - entered into an early automobile race

The Henney Kilowatt, the first modern (transistor-controlled) electric car

World map of passenger cars per 1000 people

Auto rickshaws in New Delhi run on Compressed Natural Gas

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

A photograph of the original Benz Patent Motorwagon, first built in 1885 and awarded the patent for the concept

2007 Tesla electric powered Roadster

Ford Model T, 1927, regarded as the first affordable American automobile

The hydrogen powered FCHV (Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle) was developed by Toyota in 2005

Portrait of Henry Ford (ca. 1919)

Tata/MDI OneCAT Air Car

2007 Mark II (BMW) Mini Cooper

Ransom E. Olds

Result of a serious automobile accident

A CNG powered high-floor Neoplan AN440A, run on Compressed Natural Gas

Karl Benz.

meaning a vehicle that moves itself, rather than being pulled or pushed by a separate animal or another vehicle

Although Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is often credited with building the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile in about 1769 by adapting an existing horse-drawn vehicle, this claim is disputed by some, who doubt Cugnot's three-wheeler ever

The large-scale, production-line manufacturing of affordable automobiles was debuted by Ransom Olds at his Oldsmobile factory in 1902

Most automobiles in use today are propelled by gasoline (also known as petrol) or diesel internal combustion engines, which are known to cause air pollution and are also blamed for contributing to climate change and global warming

There are three main statistics to which automobile safety can be compared: While road traffic injuries represent the leading cause in worldwide injury-related deaths, their popularity undermines this statistic

The costs of automobile usage, which may include the cost of

propulsion technology under development include gasoline/electric and plug-in hybrids, battery electric vehicles, hydrogen cars, biofuels, and various alternative fuels

acquiring the vehicle, repairs, maintenance, fuel, depreciation, parking fees, tire replacement, taxes and insurance, are weighed against the cost of the alternatives, and the value of the benefits - perceived and real - of vehicle usage

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