Invention: The Automobile

The Automobile
Created in 1769
By: Nicholas Joseph Cugnot

 

The Automobile was created in 1769 by Nicholas Joseph Cugnot. Originally it was steam-powered, and it was the very first self-propelled road vehicle in the world. Prior to the automobile, people traveled, or transported goods by wagon, using animals, or by walking. All of those types of transportation have flaws that were fixed by the automobile. Now, people didnt have to walk long distances, or have to rely on animals to do most of the transporting. It made life a lot easier because you could travel farther, and faster than you ever could before and caused less stress in the lives of the people.

If we didnt have the automobile today, we wouldnt be able to do most of the things that we do today. We couldnt go on vacations across the country as fast as we can today, or buy as much food or clothes that we need because we wouldnt be able to carry all of it in one trip, like we can with the car. The car made our lives better in so many different aspects that we dont even realize yet, im pretty sure that if everyone had their cars taken away, they would have to change their lives completely. Our lives nowadays are centered around getting from place to place, and without the automobile, we wouldnt be able to get to places as efficiently as we can today.