<P> In the United States , brothers Charles and Frank Duryea founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in 1893 , becoming the first American automobile manufacturing company . The Autocar Company , founded in 1897 , established a number of innovations still in use and remains the oldest operating motor vehicle manufacturer in the United States However , it was Ransom E. Olds and his Olds Motor Vehicle Company ( later known as Oldsmobile ) who would dominate this era of automobile production . Its production line was running in 1901 . The Thomas B. Jeffery Company developed the world 's second mass - produced automobile , and 1,500 Ramblers were built and sold in its first year , representing one - sixth of all existing motorcars in the United States at the time . Within a year , Cadillac ( formed from the Henry Ford Company ) , Winton , and Ford were also producing cars in the thousands . </P>
<P> In the United States , brothers Charles and Frank Duryea founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in 1893 , becoming the first American automobile manufacturing company . The Autocar Company , founded in 1897 , established a number of innovations still in use and remains the oldest operating motor vehicle manufacturer in the United States However , it was Ransom E. Olds and his Olds Motor Vehicle Company ( later known as Oldsmobile ) who would dominate this era of automobile production . Its production line was running in 1901 . The Thomas B. Jeffery Company developed the world 's second mass - produced automobile , and 1,500 Ramblers were built and sold in its first year , representing one - sixth of all existing motorcars in the United States at the time . Within a year , Cadillac ( formed from the Henry Ford Company ) , Winton , and Ford were also producing cars in the thousands . </P>
who built the first car in the united states
who built the first car in the united states
Duryea Motor Wagon Company
Duryea Motor Wagon Company