ADMS 1010 Lecture 6: Week 6 - Automobile Industry and the Impact of Globalization [P1]
17 Jan 2012
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Week #5 automobile industry and the impact of. The world s first car was built in germany by karl benz in 1885. 25 of his vehicles were sold between 1888 and 1893. By 1899, benz was producing 572 cars a year. The first car built in north america was built by the duryea brothers in. The first large scale production of automobiles in north america was in 1902, when. The first canadian foray into car manufacturing was gordon mcgregor s licensing of. Henry ford s model c in canada in 1904. Henry ford had founded his company the previous year. The ford company was located in detroit; ford of canada was started in windsor. Ford of canada produced 117 cars its first year of operation. In oshawa in 1907, robert mclaughlin founded the mclaughlin motor car. Company, and started producing cars using engines build by buick. The buick motor company had been incorporated in 1903 in detroit.
