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Ohio Rates Rising - Find Low Cost Car Insurance by Virginia Larez The state of Ohio has had a rate increase of .08% in 2008. Ohio auto insurance premiums are expected to continue to rise into 2009. Some companies' rates have gone up as high as 3%. Reason for these revisions experts have said, is due to more automotives on the roadways, which increases the chances of more accidents. Second reason has said to be, high cost of medical care and repair to vehicles. To get low cost car insurance there is a number of ways this can be done. One example is by lowering liability coverage limits on policy. Another example is by placing higher deductible on cars or by deleting comprehensive and collision off vehicles that do not need these coverages. If experiencing a rate increase from a current provider consider shopping around for a new company. The most popular methods to lower your premiums are by comparing carriers rates. One method is by searching the internet and comparing as many insurers as possible to make sure the consumer is getting the best possible price. If one prefers to talk to a person, they can go to their broker or agents office to get price comparisons. By doing these simply suggestions one can avoid overpaying on policies. These forms of ways to get cheaper protections does not cost anything, except for a little of one's time.
Availing Cheap Car Hire Services by Jessisa Thomson
Temporary stays, away from home are not comfortable. Commuting becomes such a hassle! It can get worse if you are out somewhere, where you can't take your car along. Well, not to worry! This has been taken care of through cheap care hire services. These services will solve all your transportation problems. They can even plan your trips for you and give you approximate costs of hiring cars from them. There are some basics to getting transport solutions through car rentals. For One Way Trips These car rentals are great for those people who are not visiting a particular destination but are on road trips. If you haven't yet planed a return journey, then one way rentals are the best. A good way to find some local car rental services and compare prices and facilities is to go online. You can find detailed information about everything you may need to know as well as contact numbers and addresses if you need to get some info that is not available on the site. There are some other things to consider such as: 1. Who will be driving? 2. If you are under 25, will you have to cough up an insurance premium? 3. The kind of car you would want and the no of passengers it can seat comfortably? 4. Budget? Be careful and go through all the terms and conditions as well as fine prints to make sure that are signing the right deal. 24/7 Services This is best suited for people who are out to make small trips to lots of destinations. Some good car rentals will provide their services all round the clock. They also provide the option of "pay per hour". All you need to do is to calculate the number of hours that you will need the car for and the rental service will give you an estimate cost. Another option is to pay per mile. This is more feasible and economical. Under 21 Car Rentals These are not easy to avail as most car services will only rent their cars to customers over 21. Most of them do not entertain customers under 25. And what's the reason!? Young drivers are fairly inexperienced and risky. If you are under 21 and want to avail a rented car, then be honest about your age. If you do get a car through unfair means and end up having an accident, you may have to cough up thousands of pounds to pay for the damages incurred. If you are on a meticulously planned trip and you are sure that you won't budge from your routine, then its best that you buy rental services in advance. This way you can make sure that you have the car of your choice when you want it. This is all you will ever need to know about how to avail cheap car rentals.
How Much Does Your Car Really Cost You?? by By Buddy Evans, President of Big Bucks Auto™
For some people, cars are a necessity. They need a car to get to and from work, and other places. But for many others, cars are certainly not a requirement. People who live in big cities, for example, often don't need a car, but own a car, even if they're only using it every once in a while. With the economic problems facing us today and everyone trying to cut back on spending, one has to ask, "Do I really need a car?" Granted owning a car or two is part and parcel of the American Dream, but so is paying your mortgage, having a decent paying job and putting food on your families table. With these uncertain economic times, if one aspect of your American Dream is preventing you from achieving another more important goal, then maybe it is time to reprioritize. Yes, we understand that you waited your whole life to have that shiny, brand new car of your dreams, but remove your emotions of out of the equation and let's look at the facts. One way to decide this question is to look at the factors that add up to how much your car really costs you per year. Whether you drive a total beater, or a nice, expensive, luxurious gas-guzzler; selling your car will certainly save you money. That's because in nearly all instances, mass transit and other forms of commuting are cheaper than owning, maintaining, and fueling a car. We need to look at all the costs involved in car ownership. Car Insurance Cost of Gas and Fuel Maintenance and Repair Vehicle related licensing, registration and other fees Car purchase, loan payments and finance charges Parking, tolls, etc. Insurance: Automobile insurance costs are huge and keep on going up. Drivers pay more for auto insurance in states with significant urban populations, greater traffic density and a higher cost-of-living, though they are the people that are least required to own a car. Tort liability and other auto laws as well as each state's auto body repair labor costs, liability coverage requirements and theft rates also have an impact on auto insurance prices. While the average annual cost for auto insurance premiums nationwide for 2007 was estimated at $847 per policy, the top five most expensive cities (Detroit, Philadelphia, Newark, Los Angeles, and New York City) have rates from $5,162 to $3,127 per year. Even the most insurance friendly city, Roanoke Virginia, come in at $758.00 per year. That's a nice chunk of change. Gasoline: Granted gas has decreased to date to a national average under $2.50 a gallon, but the average American still uses 500 to 600 gallons of gasoline every year. As the average fuel economy of new cars and light trucks declined from a high of about 26 miles per gallon in 1988 to less than 24.5 mpg in 1999 due to larger vehicles, more horsepower, and increased sales of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and trucks, our consumption of gas has gone up with the price. Now almost 50% of the passenger vehicles on the road are SUVs and light trucks that do not have to meet the higher fuel economy standards of cars. Depending on where in the country you live, and depending on the gas prices, as the average vehicle is driven more than 12,000 miles per year today that adds at least another $1,250.00 to the cost of owning a car. If we happen to see another rise in prices as we did in the early summer of 2008, then you can just about double that number. At 4.10 a gallon, which was the height of the summer 2008 gas price increases, that number goes up to $2,050.00 dollars a year spent on gas alone. We all know it hurts when $50.00 does not even fill up your gas tank. Repair and Maintenance: Then there is the regular scheduled maintenance for a car. This number is a bit harder to pin down since so many factors must go into keeping a car in safe running condition. Baring the kinds of repairs that we all dread, like your car's drive shaft falling off the bottom of your car at the worst possible time; an oil change, fluid upkeep, and tires happen to all of us on a regular basis. Add in the somewhat semi-annual break change, mufflers and battery replacement and the cost of average car maintenance falls at about $340.00 to 650.00 a year. Vehicle related licensing, registration and other fees: One needs to add in the costs of licensing and inspection a vehicle as well if we are going to be realistic here. Inspections have a range of prices on them depending on whether or not emissions' testing is involved in your state. Registration and then the cost of keeping your driver's license too must be included. As registrations don't happen every year for everyone, the cost still comes out to between $200.00 and 690.00 per year; if you don't get any tickets. Purchase, loan payments and finance charges: Then, we can get to the actual cost of the car itself! Granted one can buy an old clunker out of the paper for $1,500.00, but if you are looking at the cost of a new car then based on 2006 prices, the average import price tag was $36,627 while the domestic new car price tag hovered in at $22,855. Average out the two, we have a basis of $29.741 to jump our numbers off of. That adds up to quite a hunky monthly car loan payment and with credit rates going through the roof, quite a bit of your money paid out in finance charges as well. For example, a new car priced out at 29,000 with a $7,000 down payment /trade in, an average tax of 7% and interest rate at the current US average of 6.58%, the monthly payment will be $549.94. That's $6,599.28 a year here, folks. Parking: Without getting too insane about figuring in the cost of your home and renting out the driveway or garage for your car, we can just look at tolls and parking costs on a major metropolitan city basis. Average daily rates for parking increased 3.5% from 2006 to 2007 bringing the cost of daily parking in some areas as high as $32.75 per day! That means, even if you just pay for parking on weekdays when you go to work, you can be spending over $8,500.00 just to put your car someplace when you are not using it! The grand total cost of owning a car in the US is…$19,799.00 per year. Taking the midrange amounts of the above calculations and adding them all up, it truly is almost twenty thousand dollars a year to keep a new to almost new mid range vehicle on the road in a city in the United States. If you keep that car for 5 years, then you are spending almost 100 thousand dollars for a car, something that can hit a tree and be gone in an instance. For many people that's a new house, or some really great vacations, or your child's college education! With a number like that staring you in the face, you can really take a good hard look at your emotional ties to your automobile and decided for yourself, "Do I really need to own this car?
What Does a CAR Have to Do With Your Executive Resume? by Laura SmithProulx If you're in the midst of a job hunt, you've likely added information to your resume that shows your job responsibilities and the scope of your authority throughout your career. But does your resume actually tell a story--or ALL of your success stories? You may have already realized that, in order to give a focused picture of your skills, you'll need to add metrics to your resume. However, the most powerful and meaningful resumes tell several entire stories that add up to a picture of effectiveness over the length of your career--no matter what your situation. To create a resume that truly represents the full spectrum of what you offer, consider taking a look at the results of your work using the C-A-R (Challenge-Action-Result) strategy. The C-A-R method consists of these steps: first, describe the situation you faced at work (Challenge), then what you did when faced with it (Action). Last but not least, the outcome (Result) that you achieved is the critical part. The C-A-R formula is a popular solution to BOTH resume writing and interview situations, and for good reason. When you describe your reaction to business problems, and the way in which you solve them, you give employers a clear picture of how you'll handle similar issues in your next job. As you might expect, true proof of your capabilities shouldn't merely be saved for the interview! Weaving examples of your achievements and bottom-line contributions in context throughout your resume will allow your leadership brand to take center stage as a theme. Here are some tips for developing success stories with the C-A-R method that will bring your executive resume to life--and make your accomplishments jump off the page: 1 - Look at your Challenges in context. All too often, executives will say that they've continually needed to make improvements in the core infrastructure of the businesses they're charged with leading. In these cases, the Challenge is clear. For other professionals, Challenges can come in the form of transitioning an organization to a new level of competence, or having the charter to improve team performance. Look carefully at the problems you've been asked to solve, and also at the problems you've NEEDED to solve, in order to lay the foundation for your success stories. 2 - Describe the Actions you took to resolve the issues. These Actions can be in the form of new programs instituted, design of business processes, or training to assist other professionals in meeting their responsibilities. In some cases, leadership professionals can be called upon to address issues outside of their typical span of control, such as handling a merger when the company is suddenly acquired. Whatever the scenario, it's best to describe Actions in very concise fashion, since you'll want to save room to show the impact of the situation (the Results) as the most important part of the story. 3 - Quantify your Results. Metrics play a crucial role in a compelling and powerful executive resume. In fact, there's no better way to underscore your capabilities for a leadership role than to show a profitable and favorable outcome to your actions. Where possible, add dollar figures, percentages, year-over-year growth metrics, and other quantifiable information to the story. You'll find that employers will key more into the Results on your resume than any other information you can present. In order to round out the C-A-R strategy, it's best to reformat your story so that the Results appear FIRST, followed by the Action or Challenge. These examples demonstrate the use of the C-A-R strategy: Original Sentence: Grew revenue 21% in 3 different markets. C-A-R Strategy: Grew revenue 21%, adding $1.7 million in 3 markets by training new sales representatives in benefit selling techniques. Original Sentence: Improved operations efficiency for production plant. C-A-R Strategy: Added 20% more operational output, despite use of outdated equipment, by developing training manual to increase employee efficiency. As you can see, using this method allows you to reframe your achievements by adding the context in which they occurred--which is a key part of these leadership success stories. Since employers value (and NEED) top performance more than ever in today's economy, resumes that show this information are more well-received, and capture MORE interviews for the candidates they represent. So, remember that adding achievements to your executive resume is only part of the story you can tell! Incorporating the C-A-R strategy will more vividly describe your professional and leadership style, competencies, and the positive effects of your work.
How to Stop One Speeding Ticket From Killing Your Car Insurance Rates by Anthony Peck One of the little white lies most parents try to feed their teen drivers as soon as they get their license is that a single speeding ticket is going to spell death to their car insurance rates. It's a good way to make sure that money conscious teens don't drive carelessly on the roads! Once they actually have that speeding ticket in hand, however, the consequences of a speeding ticket become a lot more real. Getting a speeding tickets out on the highways is easy, especially if you live in an area with numerous speed limit changes or spend a lot of time on the interstate (where if the speed of traffic is moving below 90 you're doing good). All it takes is a second of inattention on your part and you can be holding a ticket worth hundreds of dollars in court costs. The good news is, the court system knows how easy getting a speeding ticket can be. Especially for a teenager with a new license. That's why they came up with a few creative solutions to slapping that ticket on your record and calling it a day. Most drivers with their first speeding ticket will be given the option to attend a driver improvement course (driving school) and may, if they're a young driver, be sentenced to community service. If they successfully complete the course and their service the speeding ticket will be dropped from their record. Why would the ordinarily more than a little money hungry justice system willingly give their drivers this kind of an "out"? Because they know it's easy for drivers to drive a little too fast and they believe the lesson learned is more important than paying the ticket. And by the time you've done 40 hours of unpaid community service in the hospital emergency room cleaning up after the victims of car accidents like the one you could have had you'll lose the desire to find out how fast your wheels can go! The good news is, if you successfully complete driving school and avoid a conviction your car insurance company is never going to find out about it. You see, your car insurance provider gets your personal information from the DMV. The DMV only has traffic violations on record that you've been convicted of, since you could be accused of everything and in America you get to be innocent until proven guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt by the court system. A speeding ticket you're never convicted of is going to have no impact on your car insurance rates, so that first ticket they bring home probably isn't going to spell death to their chances of finding cheap insurance. Sorry moms and dads. Of course, it's important to make sure that your first speeding ticket is your last. It is possible for a judge to see if you've been assigned driving school before, especially if you get pulled over in the same county, and you're probably not going to get so lucky the next time. So the next time you're out on the highway take a second to think of your car insurance rates and let up on the gas pedal. Your checking account will thank you.
What to Do in Case of Car Collisionsby Darren Agaton
In the United States, there are six million auto accidents per year, according to reports. Out of this number, there are roughly three million victims injured and two million among them got serious injuries When these numbers are summed up for every year, there would be about 40,000 deaths related to car accidents.
Although each state gives full effort to guarantee safety on the road, there are still drivers who fail to abide the traffic laws, which result to accidents such as car collision.
Causes of Car Collision
As with other vehicle accidents, car collisions also happen for the following grounds:
* Reckless or careless driving
In many cases involving vehicle accidents, often the driver is the negligent party. Reasons, such as failure to see the other car, turning or reversing the car without giving a signal, drunk driving, or driving above the speed limits, result to tragic car collisions.
* Defective parts and defective design of the car
Faulty engine or defective parts of the car can also result to accident. In some cases, fault can be on the part of the manufacturer of the car with defective parts.
* Faulty tires, such as those that are not properly aligned
Most common collisions on the road involve:
* Frontal impact. The most common collisions on the road happen when both parties are involved. This collision is when the front ends of two cars crashed
* Side impacts. Side collision is when a vehicle ran into the side of another car. These usually happen at intersections, parking lots, and in multi-lane roadway.
* Rear impacts. Rear end collision is when a car hit or crashed a vehicle in front.
* Backup collision. This happens when a driver reverses the car into another car. This collision usually occurs in residential driveways and parking lots.
Tips for drivers
Drivers may encounter in any kind of road accident. Once involved, here are some tips to remember:
* If your car crashed to another but you were not seriously injured, just remain calm.
* Assess the damages to your car and the other car involved.
* Remember the facts of the accident - how does it happened? The information you will give will be very useful especially when the accident was taken in court.
You Need Car Collision Lawyers
Road crash as if car collision can cause death, injury and damage to the person or people involved in the said incident.
Once you have been injured or have been a victim of such accident, you cannot just sit and set aside what happened.
You also cannot just blame the negligent party and asked compensation for the injuries and damages you received.
If you want the negligent party to become liable, you cannot fix the trouble using your little knowledge on legal matters. You will need the expertise of a car collision lawyers to settle everything for you. Lawyers will help you recover the full and fair cost of damages that was brought to you by the accident.
There are car collision lawyers in Los Angeles who would help you deal with such case
Auto Finance Becomes Easier At GMAC by Joe Kent GMAC showed far steeper losses in Q1 of 2009 compared to earning a year prior, it did show that the first quarter also saw an increase in new auto loans compared with the stagnant fourth quarter of 2008. What is also good news for GMAC auto financing is that the company will begin serving Chrysler retailers this month says New Jersey Dodge, following GMAC's decision to diversify its auto finance business. Previously, Chicago Chevrolet dealers points out that GMAC's auto finance business has revolved exclusively around sales of General Motors vehicles. In the fourth quarter of 2008, GMAC saw its most turbulent performance. With dealers closing their doors, car buyers refraining for new car purchases, and the ongoing credit freeze, GMAC was finding difficultly in raising funds. With no new loans coming in, Fort Lauderdale Commercial Vehicles says GMAC was able to become a bank holding company and also received funds from the U.S. Treasury Department via the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The Treasury purchased about $5 billion shares of GMAC, while also loaning money to GM. While the auto finance company is far from being out of the woods, one commercial equipment leasing company says there are certainly positive signs that the auto lending business has seen its worst performance.
Automotive Technology For Safety, Comfort, and Entertainment by Joe Kent As the cost of new technology goes down, new cars are increasingly highlighting technology as a major buying feature. This may be nothing new for the premium car segment, but this means that more of this new technology is becoming standard in mid-range and more affordable cars. Let's take a look at some of the in-demand in-car tech innovations. Around View Monitor Rear view monitors have become mainstream and no longer have much panache among consumers. The latest camera systems are around view monitors, helping drivers see not just behind the car but around the car. This system was first introduced on the Infiniti EX, a crossover from Nissan's luxury brand. The around view monitor helps drivers navigate tight spaces and avoid minor fender benders. St Louis Acura says the system also makes parallel parking extremely easy. Ford MyKey The Ford MyKey is basically a key specifically for teen drivers. The system allows drivers to control a number of functions inside the car, such as top speed, stereo volume, and it controls various warning chimes. Parents can program the Ford MyKey system to their specifications, which Pittsburgh Lincoln Financing says will help to add peace of mind when children are out on the road. MyKey will be standard on the 2010 Ford Focus and Ford Escape hybrid. By 2012, MyKey will become standard on all vehicles. Automatic Braking Systems Using sonar and radar, automatic braking technology is able to monitor the closing speed of your car and the car ahead. If it detects that an impact may be imminent, the system will apply the vehicle's brakes automatically without any input from the driver according to one used car dealer Trenton. The system was first featured on the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, but can also be had on the 2010 E-Class. Other vehicles that have adopted similar technology include Lexus and Volvo. While it's not a replacement for safe driving, the system can prevent minor impacts that occur from distractions. Lane Departure Warning Systems Lane departure warning systems alert a driver whenever a vehicle begins to veer outside of a lane. When the vehicle steps over a double yellow line, one used Mercedes Baltimore dealer points out that the system helps the drivers avoid a serious accident with an on-coming car, or even a motorcycle. While the system was first developed by Infiniti, it has since found its way into numerous brands including Cadillac, Lexus, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz. Some customers at Acura Service New Haven have thought the system is a bit too sensitive and annoying when it beeps unnecessarily. However, these systems can be shut off manually. Driver Alertness Monitor Also developed by Mercedes-Benz is the driver alertness monitor. The system monitors if a driver is falling asleep at the wheel. If the system senses a dozing driver, Mercedes Benz Washington DC says it will attempt to wake the driver up. Typically found on Mercedes S- and E-Class models, the system can also be found on Volvo models as well, including the S80 sedan. While the system could potentially startle a drowsy driver admits Indianapolis Mercedes and potentially could cause an accident, the system should be useful for those driving on long trips or who regularly drive late at night. That being said, anyone getting drowsy at the wheel should immediately pull off the road and call it a night.
History Main article: History of the automobile Ferdinand Verbiest, a member of a Jesuit mission in China, built the first steam-powered vehicle around 1672 which was of small scale and designed as a toy for the Chinese Emperor that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger, but quite possibly, was the first working steam-powered vehicle ('auto-mobile').[6][7] 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[citation needed], who doubt Cugnot's three-wheeler ever ran or was stable. What is not in doubt is that Richard Trevithick built and demonstrated his Puffing Devil road locomotive in 1801, believed by many to be the first demonstration of a steam-powered road vehicle although it was unable to maintain sufficient steam pressure for long periods, and would have been of little practical use. In Russia, in the 1780s, Ivan Kulibin developed a human-pedalled, three-wheeled carriage with modern features such as a flywheel, brake, gear box, and bearings; however, it was not developed further.[8] François Isaac de Rivaz, a Swiss inventor, designed the first internal combustion engine, in 1806, which was fueled by a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen and used it to develop the world's first vehicle, albeit rudimentary, to be powered by such an engine. The design was not very successful, as was the case with others such as Samuel Brown, Samuel Morey, and Etienne Lenoir with his hippomobile, who each produced vehicles (usually adapted carriages or carts) powered by clumsy internal combustion engines.[9] In November 1881 French inventor Gustave Trouvé demonstrated a working three-wheeled automobile that was powered by electricity. This was at the International Exhibition of Electricity in Paris.[10] Although several other German engineers (including Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm Maybach, and Siegfried Marcus) were working on the problem at about the same time, Karl Benz generally is acknowledged as the inventor of the modern automobile.[9] An automobile powered by his own four-stroke cycle gasoline engine was built in Mannheim, Germany by Karl Benz in 1885 and granted a patent in January of the following year under the auspices of his major company, Benz & Cie., which was founded in 1883. It was an integral design, without the adaptation of other existing components and including several new technological elements to create a new concept. This is what made it worthy of a patent. He began to sell his production vehicles in 1888. Karl Benz A photograph of the original Benz Patent Motorwagen, first built in 1885 and awarded the patent for the concept In 1879 Benz was granted a patent for his first engine, which had been designed in 1878. Many of his other inventions made the use of the internal combustion engine feasible for powering a vehicle.His first Motorwagen was built in 1885 and he was awarded the patent for its invention as of his application on January 29, 1886. Benz began promotion of the vehicle on July 3, 1886 and approximately 25 Benz vehicles were sold between 1888 and 1893, when his first four-wheeler was introduced along with a model intended for affordability. They also were powered with four-stroke engines of his own design. Emile Roger of France, already producing Benz engines under license, now added the Benz automobile to his line of products. Because France was more open to the early automobiles, initially more were built and sold in France through Roger than Benz sold in Germany. In 1896, Benz designed and patented the first internal-combustion flat engine, called a boxermotor in German. During the last years of the nineteenth century, Benz was the largest automobile company in the world with 572 units produced in 1899 and because of its size, Benz & Cie., became a joint-stock company. Daimler and Maybach founded Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (Daimler Motor Company, DMG) in Cannstatt in 1890 and under the brand name, Daimler, sold their first automobile in 1892, which was a horse-drawn stagecoach built by another manufacturer, that they retrofitted with an engine of their design. By 1895 about 30 vehicles had been built by Daimler and Maybach, either at the Daimler works or in the Hotel Hermann, where they set up shop after falling out with their backers. Benz and the Maybach and Daimler team seem to have been unaware of each other's early work. They never worked together because by the time of the merger of the two companies, Daimler and Maybach were no longer part of DMG. Daimler died in 1900 and later that year, Maybach designed an engine named Daimler-Mercedes, that was placed in a specially-ordered model built to specifications set by Emil Jellinek. This was a production of a small number of vehicles for Jellinek to race and market in his country. Two years later, in 1902, a new model DMG automobile was produced and the model was named Mercedes after the Maybach engine which generated 35 hp. Maybach quit DMG shortly thereafter and opened a business of his own. Rights to the Daimler brand name were sold to other manufacturers. Karl Benz proposed co-operation between DMG and Benz & Cie. when economic conditions began to deteriorate in Germany following the First World War, but the directors of DMG refused to consider it initially. Negotiations between the two companies resumed several years later when these conditions worsened and, in 1924 they signed an Agreement of Mutual Interest, valid until the year 2000. Both enterprises standardized design, production, purchasing, and sales and they advertised or marketed their automobile models jointly—although keeping their respective brands. On June 28, 1926, Benz & Cie. and DMG finally merged as the Daimler-Benz company, baptizing all of its automobiles Mercedes Benz as a brand honoring the most important model of the DMG automobiles, the Maybach design later referred to as the 1902 Mercedes-35hp, along with the Benz name. Karl Benz remained a member of the board of directors of Daimler-Benz until his death in 1929 and at times, his two sons participated in the management of the company as well. In 1890, Emile Levassor and Armand Peugeot of France began producing vehicles with Daimler engines and so laid the foundation of the automobile industry in France. The first design for an American automobile with a gasoline internal combustion engine was drawn in 1877 by George Selden of Rochester, New York, who applied for a patent for an automobile in 1879, but the patent application expired because the vehicle was never built. After a delay of sixteen years and a series of attachments to his application, on November 5, 1895, Selden was granted a United States patent (U.S. Patent 549,160) for a two-stroke automobile engine, which hindered, more than encouraged, development of automobiles in the United States. His patent was challenged by Henry Ford and others, and overturned in 1911. In Britain there had been several attempts to build steam cars with varying degrees of success with Thomas Rickett even attempting a production run in 1860.[11]Santler from Malvern is recognized by the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain as having made the first petrol-powered car in the country in 1894[12] followed by Frederick William Lanchester in 1895 but these were both one-offs.[12] The first production vehicles in Great Britain came from the Daimler Motor Company, a company founded by Harry J. Lawson in 1896 after purchasing the right to use the name of the engines. Lawson's company made its first automobiles in 1897 and they bore the name Daimler.[12] In 1892, German engineer Rudolf Diesel was granted a patent for a "New Rational Combustion Engine". In 1897 he built the first Diesel Engine.[9] Steam-, electric-, and gasoline-powered vehicles competed for decades, with gasoline internal combustion engines achieving dominance in the 1910s. Although various pistonless rotary engine designs have attempted to compete with the conventional piston and crankshaft design, only Mazda's version of the Wankel engine has had more than very limited success.
