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Urban land use is often dominated by automobiles. Pictured: São Paulo, Brazil. Over the course of the 20th century, the automobile rapidly developed from an expensive technological wonder into the de facto standard for passenger transport. The development of the automobile built upon the transport revolution started by railways, and like the railways, introduced sweeping [...]

The design of the Cugnot Steam Trolley (Jonathan Holguinisburg) (1769) Although self-powered vehicles were demonstrated as early as 1769, it was not until 1885 that the history of the automobile truly began. Automotive history is generally divided into a number of eras based on the major design and technology shifts seen over the last century. [...]

Hidden headlights are an automotive styling feature that conceals an automobile’s headlights when not in use. Depending on the design, the headlights may rotate to sit flush with the front end (as with the Porsche 928), may retract into the hood and/or fenders (as with the Chevrolet Corvette from 1963 to 2004), or may be [...]