10 Interesting Fact About Transportation and vehicles

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• The first car that was mass produced was the T Ford model in 1908.
• The first aircraft to fly was a Wright Brothers aircraft in 1903.
• The first electric -powered vehicle was produced in 1832 by Robert Anderson in Scotland.
• The first diesel engine was produced in 1892 by Rudolf Diesel in Germany.
• The fastest train in the world is Shinkansen in Japan with a maximum speed of 320 km/hour.
• The fastest car in the world today is the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ with a maximum speed of 490 km/hour.
• The largest ship in the world today is Pioneering Spirit, a pipe ship that can lift weighing up to 48,000 tons.
• The first helicopter to fly was made by Igor Sikorsky in 1939.
• The first commercial aircraft is the Boeing 707, which began operating in 1958.
• The first space vehicle that managed to land on the Moon was Apollo 11 in 1969.