Engineers and inventors who shaped the motor car and its parts, including the automotive engineer who founded a car company and created the Volkswagen Beetle and racing cars, and the inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper used on most automobiles from 1969. A person belongs here when the cited article calls the person an automotive engineer or credits the person with a part or design of the automobile. It excludes aircraft, ship and railway engineers.
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Ralph Teetor (National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee page)
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Automotive engineer Ralph Teetor invented cruise control in the 1940s.
Joseph-Armand Bombardier (National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee page)
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It was the first mass-produced snow machine, and it launched snowmobiling as a sport and recreational activity.
Samuel Alderson (National Inventors Hall of Fame inductee page)
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Formally known as an ATD for anthropomorphic test device, the crash-test dummy has provided automotive engineers with valuable information
Wikipedia: Louis Renault
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a pioneer of the automobile industry
Václav Laurin (Wikipedia)
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Václav Laurin (27 September 1865-3 December 1930) was a Czech engineer, industrialist and automotive pioneer.
Andy Cowell (Wikipedia)
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Andrew Cowell (born 12 February 1969) is a British Formula One engineer.
Arthur P. Warner (Wikipedia)
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His inventions include the electric brake and, along with his brother, the automotive speedometer.
W. O. Bentley (Wikipedia)
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After making a name for himself as a designer of aircraft and automobile engines, Bentley established his own firm in 1919.
Paul Daimler (Wikipedia)
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Paul Daimler (13 September 1869-15 December 1945) was a German mechanical engineer who designed automobiles.
Edmund Rumpler (Wikipedia)
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Edmund Elias Rumpler (4 January 1872-7 September 1940) was an Austrian automobile and aircraft designer.
James Key (Formula One) (Wikipedia)
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James Key (born 14 January 1972) is a British Formula One engineer who currently serves as the technical director of the Audi Formula One team since 2026.
Charles Henry Parr (Wikipedia)
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Charles Henry Parr (March 18, 1868, June 10, 1941) was an American mechanical engineer, inventor, and pioneer in developing the gasoline-powered agricultural tractor and cofounder of the Hart-Parr Company.
František Janeček (Wikipedia)
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He was the founder of Jawa motorcycles and an important figure in the development of the Czechoslovak motorcycle industry.
Clarence W. Spicer (Wikipedia)
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Clarence Winfred Spicer (November 30, 1875, November 21, 1939) was an American automotive engineer and inventor, best known for the first practical design and use of the universal joint in automotive applications.
Ferdinand Porsche (Wikipedia)
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was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG
Robert Kearns (Wikipedia)
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who invented the most common intermittent windshield wiper systems used on most automobiles
John Boyd Dunlop (Grace's Guide)
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arrived at a crucial time in the development of road transport
Lancelot de Mole (Wikipedia)
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He made several approaches to the British authorities, in 1912, 1914, and 1916, with plans for a vehicle driven by a type of caterpillar track, believing that it could have a military application.
Garrett Morgan (National Inventors Hall of Fame)
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Inventor and entrepreneur Garrett Augustus Morgan pioneered important inventions including the "safety hood" - the forerunner of the gas mask - and the mechanical three-way traffic signal.
Mary Anderson (National Inventors Hall of Fame)
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With her 1903 patent, Anderson's invention proved to be the first windshield-clearing device to be effective.
Josip Belušić (Wikipedia)
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Belušić continued his studies in Vienna, later resettling in Trieste before coming back to Istria, where he built his best known invention, the speedometer.
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