1. Plastics and automobiles: a long history
1.1 Automotive history
First introduced in the 1890s (see 1 and 2 ), the automobile underwent a number of major developments in its first few decades, quickly giving it a number of characteristics that are still evident today.
However, from 1886 to 1908, the automobile remained a rather luxurious product, produced in small quantities using methods copied from those used to manufacture horse-drawn vehicles. Mass production began in the United States in 1908, with the launch of a model whose name has gone down in history: the Ford T.
During the first decade of the twentieth century, automakers progressively demanded...
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Plastics and automobiles: a long history
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