How Cars Have Changed the World

HOW CA RS HAVE CHANGED THE W ORLD THE INVENTION OF CAR IN 20TH CENTURY had the same impact like the railways had in 19th century. The car revolutionized the way we WORK AND LIVE. Benz Patent Motor Car was the first automobile (1885 – 1886) Car Statistics It is estimated that over 1 billion passenger cars Cars make up approximately 74% of the total produced travel the streets and roads of motor vehicles the World today. in the world. Over 60 million passenger cars were produced in 2012. 165,000 new cars produced every day. 32,574,703 60.4 Million Cars sold in 2012 cars produced worldwide in 1st 6 months of 2013 The average car use worldwide in 2011 is 165 cars per 1000 inhabitants. Top 10 expensive cars in the world 1 Lamborghini Veneno $4M 2 W Motors Lykan Hypersport $3.4M 3 Bugatti Veyron Legend Meo Constantini $2.8M 4 Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster $1.8M Aston Martin One-77 $1.8M 6. Lamborghini Reventon $1.6M Koenigsegg Agera R $1.6M Pagani Huayra $1.3M Ferrari La Ferrari $1.3M 10 Maybach Landaulet $1.3M The Most expensive in the world is The 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO at a price tag of 52 million but is not for sale. Only 39 in the whole world! Most Popular cars in the world 1.02 m units Toyota Corolla 1.01 m units Hyundai Elantra GM Wuling Sunshine 943,000 units Ford Ford Focus 919,000 units KIA Kia Rio 815,337 units Ford Ford Fiesta 781,147 units Volkswagen Jetta 745,000 units Toyota Camry 726,000 units Chevrolet Cruze 691,000 units Volkswagen Golf 648,000 units Cars and their impact on industrial growth Automobiles represent The auto industry is the single greatest engine of economic growth in the world: 30% growth between 1995-2005 freedom and economic growth. La Job Creation-Building 60 million vehicles requires the employment of about 9 million people directly 5% of the world's total manufacturing workforce, Another 45 million indirect job creation. Cars and their impact on environment Climate Change Degradation of Air Quality Air pollutants from transport include nitrogen oxides, particles,carbon monoxide and Road transport accounts for 22% of total UK emissions of Co? carbon dioxide(CO2) a major contributor to climate change. hydrocarbons. All have a damaging impact on the health of people, animals and vegetation locally. YY Noise 30% of people in UK are affected from Resource Use Traffic Noise CO2 emissions produced over a car's lifespan accounts to 10% during manufacture, 5% from disposal and 85% from fuel use and servicing operations. An estimated 3,000,000 PEOPLE DIE WORLDWIDE EACH YEAR IN ROAD ACCIDENTS. FOR A CLEAN A GREEN EARTH, THE FUTURE OF THE CARS IS NOW LEADING TOWARDS FUEL EFFICIENCY, ENERGY-SAVERS, HYBRID VEHICLES, BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AND FUEL-CELL VEHICLES. Source http://theinventionofcars19.weebly.com/how-cars-changed-the-world.html http://www.squidoo.com/automobile-changed-history http://www.worldometers.info/cars/ http://www.oica.net motorpoint m COUK http://www.clicktop10.com/2013/08/top-10-most-expensive-cars-of-2013/ http://www.environmental-protection.org.uk/committees/air-quality/air-pollution-and- transport/car-pollution/ http://editorial.autos.msn.com/best-selling-cars-of-2013-halftime-report#12 http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112389/history_of_cars.htm LO