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14 Our modern cars have developed considerably over the past 100 years. The first automobiles were produced by Karl Benz in 1888 in Germany. In the United States, brothers Charles and Frank Duryea founded the first American automobile manufacturing company in 1893. Mass production actually started at the beginning of the twentieth century when the Olds Motor Vehicle Company (known as Olds- mobile) started production in 1902. Many others followed, including Henry Ford. He founded his company in 1903, producing cars in the thousands per year. 100 YEARS OF CAR DEVELOPMENT