Description
This Czech-language book offers a concise yet comprehensive history of the automobile, one of humanity’s greatest and most important inventions and a symbol of personal freedom, technological progress and unprecedented personal and family mobility. Its connected chapters trace the story from the invention of the wheel in antiquity and the first patented automobile, the Benz Patent Wagen, to the present day, describing the main trends in the development of automobiles and their manufacturers. With a global perspective, the book travels from Germany, where the automobile was born, and France, where it began to develop rapidly, through the United States, Japan, the Soviet Union and South Korea, and finally to present-day China. It also assesses the bleak future of the European automotive industry following the ban on the sale of cars with internal combustion engines.
Information
Author: Fajmon Hynek
Language: Czech
Publication date: February 25, 2026
Manufacturer: Books & Pipes, z.ú.
Genres: Automobiles, Books, Specialized and technical literature, Technique
Type: Hardcover book
Pages: 328
ISBN/EAN: 9788074853203