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

An automobile (via French from Greek auto, self and Latin mobilis moving, a vehicle that moves itself rather than being moved by another vehicle or animal) or motor car (usually shortened to just car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. 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.^[1] However, the term is far from precise because there are many types of vehicles that do similar tasks.

There were 590 million passenger cars worldwide (roughly one car for every eleven people) as of 2002.^[2]

History

Karl Benz

Replica of the Benz Patent Motorwagen built in 1885

Car bomb

Car donation

Driving

Society of Automotive Engineers

Sustainable transport

U.S. Automobile Production Figures - production figures for each make from 1899 to present

V2G

V2V

References

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25. ^ CityStreets - Bliss plaque.
26. ^ SaferCar.gov - NHTSA.
27. ^ Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
28. ^ car operating costs. my car. RACV. Retrieved on 2006-12-01.
29. ^ Setright, L. J. K. (2004). Drive On!: A Social History of the Motor Car. Granta Books. . 
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34. ^ Our Ailing Communities. Metropolis Magazine.
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36. ^ CAFE Overview - Frequently Asked Questions. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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39. ^ About Bike Share Programs. Tech Bikes MIT.
40. ^ Jane Holtz Kay (1998). Asphalt Nation: how the automobile took over America, and how we can take it back. . 

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