From Horses to Cars | The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation

Mo Rocca speaks to curator of transportation Matt Anderson about the historic transition from horse & carriage to the automobile.
Season 5 Episode 1

[@akamekurome4941]

bruh i want a horse drawn carriage as my main car. but im not amish, i just like it cause its down to earth and cheaper travel and eco friendly

[@karlfranz5229]

Well if u got, the patience to handle the logistics then grooming and the daily inconvenience of 'waste' inconvenience not just for u though, especially when your travelling publicly

[@ACK333]

Thanks!!

[@anthonylemkendorf3114]

And then came Suburbia with the endless ugliness of asphalt concrete and parking lots ..thank you Henry

[@petemiller2598]

It's easy to romanticize the past when we aren't living in it. Suburbia has its problems, but going back to horse-drawn carriages is not something to be desired. I guess if you really want to, you could always move to Amish Country and live the dream!

[@bpnk5237]

​@@petemiller2598not horses but trains, and trolley buses would be better

[@TSERJI]

@@bpnk5237 ah yes, how I'd love to give up privacy & convenience

[@CreateYourWorth]

Tesla is making that new movement. Electric cars

[@UnknownUser_10]

Not really. The first car ever was an electric car, so it’s not Tesla who invented the electric car, that’s for sure.

[@CreateYourWorth]

@@UnknownUser_10 Correct. Tesla is moving society to sustainable electric cars.

[@stefansnellgrove]

More like driverless that’s the equivalent of horse and carriage to cars “horseless carriage”

[@lraffucci]

These are coming back fast.

[@marcustvchannel5885]

Brilliant

[@trainroomgary]

Like • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

[@sylviastreet]

Did the carriages and coaches carry spare wheels?

[@TheBluebus17]

Its looking like another transition is on the horizon. Over a hundred years ago it was horses to cars. Now its gas cars to electric cars. Its about time we need a change. Just think if the electric car was introduced in the 1980s how far we'd be now

[@alexa_digitalart]

Electric cars were invented at the same time as gasoline and steam engines in the mid-1800's. They didn't take off because of the state of batteries back then, and remained the biggest obstacle for electric cars until late 2000's.

[@eddiethemexiii]

@@billdauterive246 there is literally no proof in that statement, other than charging time and range

[@elias7748]

I'd say the mid to late 1910s was the big transition.

[@drsmetal2747]

GM did in 1997 with the EV1 but they killed it in 2002. It threatened the oil 🛢 and gas industry. 💰

[@stefansnellgrove]

Or cars to driverless cars

[@jordangagat]

For the roaring v12 beasts

[@ACK333]

Carriage 🎉

[@jeanherndon4536]

Horses need land lots of land and humans seem to congregate in cities where horses don't go. Interestingly, though we still breed horses and mules and love them. I wonder what life will be like when robots join us. Today is 18 Dec. 2024AD Only God can make real living creatures. Praise the Creator / His Works.

[@djcb4190]

Henry Ford stop and go have Ford Company.

[@vymann6411]

A horse is much faster than a car in London, more versatile, no pollution, eats grass and reproduce itself. If you ride a horse in a daily basis you will be fit and healthy Cars wasn't a good ideea, was it? Maybe only for bankers

[@bradleymiller437]

Yeah. Only for bankers. I would LOVE to be dying in an ambulance drawn by horses.

[@TSERJI]

@@bradleymiller437 🤣

[@TheCaitlynMillsap]

Horses are better

[@gobeklipepe]

People can’t handle the responsibility of owning a car. An animal is out of the question. 🐎 vs 🚗

[@meliekaanaekwe7060]

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