A piece of manufacturing history is on display inside the Detroit Historical Museum. The museum showcases an innovation that revolutionized the production of cars and numerous other products. In 1913, ...

Henry Ford was an American inventor and business magnate and the founder of Ford Motor Co. He invented several vehicles, most famously the Model T automobile, and changed the auto industry forever by ...

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...

In 1907, Henry Ford announced his goal for the Ford Motor Company: to create "a motor car for the great multitude." At that time, automobiles were expensive, custom-made machines. Ford's engineers ...

Henry Ford didn't create the automobile, but he's often credited with helping to shape the 20th century by making it more widely accessible. Modern car production would likely not exist as it is today ...

Over a century ago, Henry Ford’s assembly line helped mass-produce the Model T, setting a new standard for how to manufacture vehicles. Now, at its Louisville Assembly Plant in Kentucky, the Ford ...

The first Model Ts were hand-built at the Detroit Piquette Avenue Plant, but the modern assembly line was invented and perfected at the Ford Highland Park Plant. Then as demand for the automobile ...