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le: 20 Interesting Facts about Cars You May Not Know
1. The first car accident happened in 1891 in Ohio.
2. Cars were not sold in the colors we have now until the 1920s.
3. The first electric car was invented by a Scottish inventor in 1832.
4. The first automobile patent was granted to Karl Benz in 1886.
5. The first car to have an air-conditioning system was the Packard, manufactured in 1939.
6. The first car to use a gasoline internal combustion engine was also invented by Karl Benz in 1885.
7. The first car built for speed, the Benz Velo, set the world's land speed record in 1894.
8. The first car radio was introduced in 1924.
9. More than 80 million cars are produced worldwide each year.
10 The first traffic light was installed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1914.
11. A car can have more than 10,000 parts.
12. The world's longest traffic jam lasted for 12 days in Beijing, China, in 2010
13. The first car to break the sound barrier was the Thrust SSC in 1997.
14. The average American spends about 380 hours driving each year.
15. The world's most expensive car, the Bugatti La Voiture Noire, sold for $19 million in 2019.
16. The first car with windshield wipers was the 1903 Cadillac.
17. The first car with a seat belt was the 1949 Nash.
18. The first car to have a turbocharged engine was the 1962 Chevrolet Corvair.
19. The first self-driving car was developed by General Motors in 1956.
20. The fastest car in the world, the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, has a top speed of 304 mph.
Cars have come a long way since the invention of the first automobile in the late 19th century. From the fastest car in the world to the costliest, there's plenty to learn about these incredible machines.