Henry Ford was an American inventor and business ... Inventing Motor Vehicles Ford’s first vehicle-related invention was a one-cylinder, gasoline-fueled internal combustion engine that he ...

American car manufacturing dominated the automotive industry in the 20th century. Here's what the factories looked like.

In 1907, Henry ... the Ford Motor Company: to create "a motor car for the great multitude." At that time, automobiles were expensive, custom-made machines. Ford's engineers took the first step ...

In 1896, shortly after building his quadricycle, Henry Ford had the chance to meet the famous inventor at a convention in New York. Edison, who was convinced the future lay in electric powered ...

Henry Ford married Clara Jane Bryant, whose father was also a farmer from Wayne County. In 1893, their first and only son, Edsel Bryant Ford, was born. Ford’s first vehicle-related invention was ...