American Automobile Technological Firsts, 1893-1929

1893 -- Duryea -- 1st car built in the USA
1898 --Winton -- 1st US Car Sold
1901 -- Autocar -- 1st Shaft -Driven US Car
1901 --Olds--1st Volume-Produced Car
1903-- Winton -- 1st Car to Cross US
1903 Rambler -- 1st Standard Windshield
1905 -- Ignition Locks and Packard Magneto Ignition
1906 -- Front Bumpers Appear
1907 -- First Service Station in the US; First Demountable Rims
1908 -- Rambler -- First Spare Tire
1911 -- Cadillac -- First Self-Starter
1913 -- Ford -- First Moving Assembly Line
1914 First Spiral-Bevel Rear Axles
1914 -- Maxwell -- First Adjustable Seat
1916 -- First Hand-Operated Windshield Wiper; First Standard Stop lights on Some Cars
1917 -- First Battery under Hood
1919 -- City of Detroit has first 3 colored traffic lights
1921 -- Hudson/Essex Closed Stell-Bodied Car
1922 -- First Carburetor Air Cleaner
1923 -- Duco Paint Finish; Packard 4 wheel Brakes
1924 -- Tetraethyl Lead Gasoline Additive
1924 -- Ballon Tires Standard; Thermostatic Control of Cooling System; Chrysler High Compression Engine, 7 Bearing Crankshaft
1925 -- First Hydraulic Shock Absorber
1926 -- First Chrome Plating
1928 -- Safety Glass Windshield Standard
1928 -- Fuel Pumps Introduced
1929 -- First Downdraft Carburetor and Auto Radio