China's latest national standard "Terms and Definitions of Automobile and Trailer Types" (GB/T3730.1-2001) defines an automobile as follows: a vehicle with four or more wheels driven by power is mainly used for carrying people and/or goods; Towing vehicles carrying people and/or goods; Special purpose.
Domestic automobile brands are: Wuling, Baojun, Hongqi, Chang 'an, Great Wall, Chery, Geely, Roewe, BYD and so on.
Foreign automobile brands include: Toyota, Volkswagen, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Kia, Peugeot, Cadillac and so on.
phylogeny
1680, Newton, a famous British scientist, conceived a scheme of a jet car, which used steam from a nozzle to propel the car, but failed to make it into a real object.
1769, a Frenchman, N·J· Juno, built a three-wheeled car driven by steam generated by gas combustion. However, the speed of this kind of car is only 4 kilometers per hour, and it is very troublesome to stop and add coal to the boiler every 15 minutes. Later, the car crashed into a brick wall during a trip and was smashed to pieces.
1879, German engineer karl benz successfully tested the two-stroke experimental engine for the first time. 1June, 883, founded "Ben Ci Company and Rheinland Gas Engine Factory". 1in June, 885, he manufactured the first Ben Ci patented motor vehicle in Mannheim, which was a three-wheeled vehicle with a two-stroke single-cylinder gasoline engine and 0.9 horsepower.
This car has some basic characteristics of modern cars, such as spark ignition, water cooling cycle, steel tube frame, leaf spring suspension, rear wheel drive front wheel steering and brake handle. 18861On October 29th, German engineer karl benz applied for a patent for his motor vehicle. In June165438+1October of the same year, Karl Benz obtained the German patent (patent number: 37435a).