Friday 21 September 2012

Mass Production of Cars

    The large scale production of cars was debuted by Ransom Olds in 1902 at his Oldsmobile factory. This concept was greatly expanded by Henry Ford in 1914. As a result, Ford's cars came off the line in fifteen minute intervals, much faster than previous methods, increasing productivity eightfold, while requiring less man-power
   
     In the automotive industry Ford Britain and Ford France were formed in 1911, Ford Denmark in 1923, Ford Germany in 1925, In 1921 Citroen was the first native European manufacturer to adopt this production method. This Ford model T was seen as the first affordable model. Since 1920 almost all cars have been mass produced to suit market needs, since then almost all cars have been mass produced to suit market needs.
File:Late model Ford Model T.jpg

The growth of the amount of cars in the world since then has been immense, with particularly big growth in countries in Asia.

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