Passenger car Facts for Kids

A passenger car (North America) is a type of railway rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. In British English it may be called a coach or carriage.

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Steam Machine Of Verbiest, in 1678 (Ferdinand Verbiest)
Cugnot's 1771 fardier à vapeur, as preserved at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, France
Gustave Trouvé's tricycle, the first ever electric automobile to be shown in public
Carl Benz, the inventor of the modern car
The original Benz Patent-Motorwagen, first built in 1885 and awarded the patent for the concept
Bertha Benz, the first long distance driver
Émile Levassor
Armand Peugeot
Ransom E. Olds founded Olds Motor Vehicle Company (Oldsmobile) in 1897.
Henry Ford founded Ford Motor Company in 1903.
1927 Ford Model T
Kiichiro Toyoda, president of the Toyota Motor Corporation 1941–1950
Mass production at a Toyota plant in the 1950s
The Toyota Corolla is the best-selling car of all-time.
2011 Nissan Leaf electric car
In the Ford Model T the left-side hand lever sets the rear wheel parking brakes and puts the transmission in neutral. The lever to the right controls the throttle. The lever on the left of the steering column is for ignition timing. The left foot pedal changes the two forward gears while the centre pedal controls reverse. The right pedal is the brake.
Panel for fuses and circuit breakers
Audi A4 daytime running lights
The Smart Fortwo car from 1998 to 2002, weighing 730 kg (1,610 lb)
A Chevrolet Suburban extended-length SUV weighs 3,300 kg (7,200 lb) (gross weight).
Result of a serious car collision
Road congestion is an issue in many major cities (pictured is Chang'an Avenue in Beijing).
Vehicles in use per country from 2001 to 2007. It shows the significant growth in BRIC.
A robotic Volkswagen Passat shown at Stanford University is a driverless car.
A car being assembled in a factory
The Vélib' in Paris, France is the largest bikesharing system outside China.

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