![]() Ĭolonel Francis Macerone built a steam carriage in 1832. Lotz in 1860 built a steam car called the L'Eclair. The Long steam tricycle was built by George A. ![]() Phillipe-Marie Grimaldi is thought to have followed on from the Belgian model steam vehicle and served as an inspiration for the Italian model steam-powered carriage successor. Since then there have been sporadic resurgences of interest in steam, particularly in the late 1960s in California to address air pollution issues and later in response to the 1973 oil crisis. In the 20th century, the rapid development of internal combustion engine technology led to the demise of the steam engine as a source of propulsion of vehicles on a commercial basis prior to World War II. The next sixty years saw continuing improvements in vehicle technology and manufacturing techniques and steam road vehicles were used for many applications. The first half of the 19th century saw great progress in steam vehicle design, and by the 1850s it was viable to produce them on a commercial basis. The first experimental steam-powered vehicles were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, but it was not until after Richard Trevithick had developed the use of high-pressure steam, around 1800, that mobile steam engines became a practical proposition. From 1940 onwards, steam cars have tended to be either experimental or prototypes. ![]() The steam car manufacturers listed here were mostly active during the first period of volume production, roughly 1860–1930, with a peak around 1900.
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