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Ford Motor Company founded

Former mechanic Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company with a group of investors in Detroit, Michigan. The first Ford car was assembled a month later.

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Model T introduced

The Ford Motor Company introduced the first mass-produced automobile, the Ford Model T.

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Henry Ford

Henry Ford (1863–1947) was the American inventor and automobile manufacturer who founded the Ford Motor Company and developed the mass-production assembly-line system. Born in Dearborn, Michigan, Ford worked in various machine and mechanical shops as a young man. During the 1890s, Ford created his first “horseless carriage” and began selling his vehicle designs. In 1903, he established the Ford Motor Company in Detroit. The company introduced the Model T five years later. Ford developed the assembly-line method to produce the cars, allowing...