While ideas for personal vehicles had been around for years. Karl’s Benz’ 1885 Motorwagen, powered by an (26) _________ combustion engine of his own design, is widely considered th...

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If the steam engine mobilized industry, the automobile mobolized people. While ideas for personal vehicles had been around for years. Karl’s Benz’ 1885 Motorwagen, powered by an (26) _________ combustion engine of his own design, is widely considered the first automobile. Henry Ford’ improvementsin the production precess – and (27) _________ marketing – brought the price and the desire for owning an auto into the reach of most Americans. Europe soon followed.

The automobile effects on commerce, society and culture is hard to (28) _________. Most of us can jump into our car and go wherever we want whenever we want, effectively (29) _________ the size of any community to the distance we’re willing to drive to shop or visit friends. Our cities are largely designed and built around automobile access, with paved roads and parking lots taking up huge amounts of space and a big chunk of our goverments’s (30)_________. The auto industry has fueled enormous economic growth worldwide, but it’s also generated a lot of pollution.

While ideas for personal vehicles had been around for years. Karl’s Benz’ 1885 Motorwagen, powered by an (26) _________ combustion engine of his own design, is widely considered the first automobile.