Pioneering automobiles typically do very little in terms of what we consider "conventional design choices," and the Ford Model T is no exception. Perhaps nowhere is this exemplified more than the ...

In 1926, Ford’s Universal Car was nearing the end of a 19-year run that rewired civilization. The Touring body—simple, open, and cheerful—wasn’t just a car; it was a ticket to mobility for farmers, ...

Typical geared transmissions are becoming a thing of the past. With CVTs and dual clutch systems becoming more popular, it ...

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1903: Henry Ford creates Ford Motor Co. 1904: Ford builds the Piquette Avenue Plant in the Detroit neighborhood of Milwaukee Junction, just east of Woodward Avenue. The plant was made of brick and ...

When Ford opened its Chicago plant in February 1924 on the banks of the Calumet River in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the city’s Southeast Side, it was the dawn of the automobile age and the mass ...

Ford is reinventing the traditional car factory it established more than a century ago with the Model T. The new Universal EV Production System splits the traditional single assembly line into three ...

The Model T disrupted personal transportation when Ford Motor Co. introduced it in Detroit in 1908. It also disrupted the concept of work — who did it and how — when the company introduced a moving ...

The Model T is known as the car that revolutionized transportation in the 20th century. The moving assembly line created by Henry Ford, the man behind America's first major automotive giant, allowed ...

Ford plans to invest billions in new electric vehicle production, calling it the company’s “next Model T moment.” Ford said Monday it will invest $5 billion into a new assembly line and battery ...