First released in 1908 by the Ford Motor Company, the Model T is one of the most important vehicles ever made. While it wasn't the first car to be produced on an assembly line, Ford took steps that ...

When Ford opened its Chicago plant in February 1924 on the banks of the Calumet River in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the city’s Southeast Side, it was the dawn of the automobile age and the mass ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Before 1908, automobiles were generally unreliable, inefficient and unaffordable. That changed when Henry Ford introduced the Ford Model T. The first one left the factory on ...

Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley announces a new electric vehicle platform and assembly system at the Louisville Assembly Plant on August 11. Less than two weeks after announcing its electric vehicle ...

There’s no doubt that you’ll instantly recognize clips from the video below, as they’ve been used over and over for more than 100 years to illustrate the development of the assembly line. But those ...

Company officials likened the new approach to the radical manufacturing processes introduced by Ford founder Henry Ford when he started rolling the Model T off the first moving assembly line in 1913.

On October 1, 1908, the Ford Model T was introduced to the public, quietly sparking one of the most significant shifts in modern transportation. Designed to be simple, sturdy, and affordable, it ...