Fun Fact About Cars

DO YOU KNOW THAT:

- There are 1 billion cars currently in use on earth.
- About 165,000 cars are produced every day.
- The new car smell is composed of over 50 volatile organic compounds.
- It would take less than 6 months to get to the moon by car at 60mph (95km/h).
- The average car has 30,000 parts.
- 92% of all new sold cars in Brazil use ethanol as fuel, which is produced from sugar cane.
- The inventor of the cruise control was blind
- In 1941, Henry Ford made a car our of soybeans.
- The inventor of intermittent windshield wipers tried to sell his idea to the auto industry and was turned away. When they began showing up on new cars, he sued, and won.
- Texting while driving increases the chances of a crash by 23 times.
- Louis Chevrolet, the founder of Chevrolet, died bankrupt and poor working as a mechanic for the company he started.
- Airbags inflate in just 30 milliseconds.
- Roundabouts reduce fatalities from accidents by 90%. They also lower wait times and save on gas.