Mass-Produced Automobile
The manufacture of affordable automobiles for a mass market, pioneered by the use of the moving assembly line.
Core metadata
- ID: automobile_mass_production
- Era: Industrial
- First known date: 1913 (exact)
- Region: United States
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Assembly Line (assembly_line)
- Automobile (Prototype) (automobile_prototype)
- Petroleum Refining (petroleum_refining_fractional_distillation)
- Steel Production (steel_production)
Dependents
- Highway Systems (highway_systems)
- Pneumatic Tire Mass Production (pneumatic_tire_mass_production)
- Traffic Signal Systems (traffic_signal_systems)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- Henry Ford: Assembly Line (The Henry Ford, 2013, museum) • Supports: node
Locator: The Henry Ford states that Henry Ford combined interchangeable parts, subdivided labor, and moving materials to create his moving assembly line in 1913, producing productivity gains and price cuts.
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 4
- Average edge confidence: 68%
- Prerequisite sources: 2
- expert_inference: 4
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Automobile (Prototype) (automobile_prototype) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Automobile (Prototype) provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
| Assembly Line (assembly_line) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Assembly Line provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Steel Production (steel_production) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Steel Production provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Petroleum Refining (petroleum_refining_fractional_distillation) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Petroleum Refining provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. | No sources recorded. |
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