The concept of the automotive industry is used in our language to designate two issues that we will address in detail below.
On the one hand, it is used to refer to the study of machines that are mobilized thanks to the action of an engine , such is the case of automobiles .
The automobile is one of the most popular and widespread means of transport in the world, since its creation towards the end of the 19th century, when the German-born engineer Karl Friedrich Benz invented it. It is a vehicle that is self-propelled by a motor and that rolls thanks to the wheels it has, being its fundamental parts: body, chassis, frame, tire, wheels, steering wheel, motor, gear lever, brake, steering and suspension. Meanwhile, gasoline, diesel and gas are the fuels that cars use today to get around.
Although the aforementioned Benz is considered as the father of the child, it would be the businessman Henry Ford who in the early years of the 20th century would mark a milestone in the production of automobiles by imposing the assembly line that precisely facilitated mass production .
And on the other hand, the term is used to designate the automobile industry , that is, the industrial sector linked to automobiles.
It should be noted that the aforementioned industry ranges from car design , development, manufacturing, continuing with the assembly of parts, sale and repair and is one of the most important worldwide as a result of the enormous number of jobs that it generates directly, that is, in the very factories and also indirectly by the impressive component industry that walks alongside it.
A measurement dating from 2006 tells us that more than 69 million automobiles were produced throughout the world during that year. Among the most important car producing companies are: Toyota, General Motors, Volkswagen, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Fiat, Renault, Suzuki, BMW, Mazda, Chrysler and Volvo , among others.