Lean Product Management

A brief time lapse on car making

In the late 19^th century, the innovation around internal combustion engines and fuel injection technologies began. The technology proved the existence of a viable solution that could be applied to a number of fields. Transport was one of them. The inventors/innovators were tinkering with the engines, trying to find the most compact, lightweight, and efficient system. The viability of engine technology opened up possibilities of replacing horse-driven carriages with human-controlled automobiles. The earliest version of a finished, usable automobile was an engine fitted onto a two-wheeled (cycle-like) frame. This was called the riding car (see the following image):

Source: http://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/en/instance/ko/Mercedes-Benz-Classic-November-1885-Daimler-riding-car-travels-from-Cannstatt-to-Untertuerkheim.xhtml?oid=9914922 ...