Old Rocks
Diamond Member
Untrue, as is most of what you post. According to the American Automobile Club of America (founded in 1931) in 1911 the following automobiles were produced.
1. Ford...................................................69,762
2. Studebaker/EMF...................................26,827
3. Willys-Overland....................................18,745
4. Maxwell..............................................16,000
5. Buick..................................................13,389
6. Cadillac...............................................10,071
7. Hudson.................................................6,486
8.Chalmers................................................6,250
The average personal income was 983 dollars per year. The DOW average was 82(!) and a new car average cost was 1,130 dollars, also the median home price was $2,625. So in two to three years you could buy a brand new car. Remember there was NO INCOME TAX in 1911 so your money was your own.
In 1919 Henry Ford dropped the price of his cars down to 650 dollars and that enabled him to capture 35% of the market. But the IC vehicles were well on their way before that because they were easier to take care of then horses, didn't get sick and die, didn't have to have their poop cleaned up every day etc. etc. etc.
The biggest impediment to IC vehicles was a lack of roads. The Lincoln highway (1913) was the first coast to coast highway and it was mainly dirt.
Not that I doubt your posts, but I typically like to see things from the site itself. Would you by any chance still have access to the link you got that from? Easier than trying to Google it myself.
Immie
Oh please of course you doubt me, you're an old fraud sycophant. Don't be coy. Here is the link so you don't have to type in three words into a google search.
1911
Note the line in red. Henry Ford reduced the price of the automobile down to where the average family could afford one through mass production technology that was ahead of his competition.
Today the primary producer of high tech batteries is China. We handed them the lead when Chevron and GM took the large capacity NiMH batteries off of the market.