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Car history is such an interesting thing
Mar 11, 2026 4:02 PM
wolfwinter
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Car history is such an interesting thing
RetrogradeLlama
Even though Automotive electrics had not been invented yet, they were already broken in the British car
Pwnzistor
"You wot?"
nomadengineer
Yeah, the starter handle on those early cars was connected directly to the camshaft, so once it actually got going it started spinning rapidly. Later on they figured out how prevent that, then we eventually get the electric starter.
CyberWizard252
Mercedes did a concept car reinventing that first car.
CyberWizard252
PutItInNeutral
You wot?
ATLandNerdy
M8
Beiki
James then started it and it was definitely not a pleasant experience.
smorsdoeuvres
Love this video, they were so young then..
RetrogradeLlama
rezpawner
And so full of promise. Then they turned into crash-bandicoot, racist pube-headed farmer, and captain "I think the cybertruck is cool". They can collectively go get fucked.
PineappleLoopsBroether
I liked it better when they shit on the Tesla roadster even though it felt like they weren’t giving electric cars a platform, 2010-2014 was peak humanity.
frozenlake247
Nah, that was definitely into the plateau before the crash.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
"2 horse power"....
By the way, a hose can sustain around 7 horse power, and achieve up to 15 horsepower.
From the literal start, "1 horse power" was a lie to try and sell machines for the benefit of capitol.
TheFuckfaceWhisperer
A pregnant horse would have 2 horsepower no?
PineappleLoopsBroether
A hose?
HelpfulCorn
A hoose!
Ghlargh
The metric was largely made up, but as i understand the idea it was that 1 horse power was what a horse could sustain more or less continuously for a whole work day.
Even so i do believe there was very little data behind it.
thundercactus
James Watt allegedly made the term famous in marketing steam engines. The Germans then refined it to Metric Horsepower or Pferdestärke, and because nobody can tell the French what to do, they invented their own measurement called the Poncelet.
Then the civilized world started using the Kilowatt while some people were deadset on sticking to horsepower because why the hell would anyone measure power by how many Kilo's Watt could lift?
phillipsnelson
well, most metrics were made up.... Then the French tried to unmake then up. So the 'mericans, Reagan particular said nu ah.
Fentex
And promptly crashed into Mars.