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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Although motor vehicle exports will drop in the first quarter and will likely remain weak through the summer, the impact will be partly offset by lower imports of automobiles and parts.
Brake systems in current production automobiles are the result of a long evolutionary process beginning with the first practical hydraulic brake patent in 1917.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Automobiles grew in popularity, and in 1921, the first auto, gas, and oil taxes were levied to finance construction of paved roads and highways.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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About FWSI FWSI is a privately owned venture capital company founded in 1979 as First World Services and incorporated in 1984 to import exotic European automobiles into Canada.
First Coast Auto Consultants - Auto brokerage services, specializing in luxury automobiles and trucks.
This exhibit of fantastic and beautiful automobiles surveys vehicles from the first decades of the 20th Century to the present, examines market trends and explains why collectors are sometimes willing to pay a million dollars or more for certain truly exceptional cars.
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Sveta Romanova,
Intelligence Officer
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First World War: Blood and oil The importance of oil to modern industrial society grew rapidly with the proliferation of automobiles in the early 1900s.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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The first automobiles did look like "horseless carriages"; the first electric light fittings resembled candles, oil-lamp or gaslight fixtures, our current computers are a hybrid between the typewriter and television.
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Jake Farley,
Truck Driver
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The first stunned moment of surprise having passed, many people rushed to the telephones to warn those further along the route of the danger which menaced, not only the people, but also the automobiles scattered along the road.
The first items shown are no longer step irons or axle parts but the hardware for canopy tops, a product also used on many early automobiles.
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Dave Simons,
Internet Entrepeneur
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The first applications are in the areas of home and industrial automation and controls, automobiles, personal communication devices, health care and mobile commerce.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Automobiles were converted for military use soon after the beginning of the twentieth century and in 1912 armoured cars were used in action for the first time.
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