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   Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950) was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, after whom the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named. He claimed to have built his first steam car as early as 1887 and his first gasoline-powered car in 1896.

2. www.britannica.com › biography › Ransom-Eli-OldsRansom Eli Olds | Automobile Innovator, Entrepreneur & Inventor

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   Mar 29, 2024 · Ransom Eli Olds was an American inventor and automobile manufacturer, designer of the three-horsepower, curved-dash Oldsmobile. This was the first commercially successful American-made automobile and the first to use a progressive assembly system, which foreshadowed modern mass-production methods.

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   The Patriarch of Mass Production. Ransom Olds was one of the first mass-producers of automobiles and inspired an entire generation to explore the possibilities of the emerging auto industry. Olds was born in Geneva, Ohio in 1864 and raised in Lansing, Michigan.

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   • Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950) was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, after whom the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named. He claimed to have built his first steam car as early as 1887 and his first gasoline-powered car in 1896.

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   Who was Ransom Olds?

   • Ransom Olds was one of the first mass-producers of automobiles and inspired an entire generation to explore the possibilities of the emerging auto industry. Olds was born in Geneva, Ohio in 1864 and raised in Lansing, Michigan. He spent his childhood tinkering with all types of engines and built a variety of experimental vehicles.

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   Why did Ransom Olds retire?

   • He formed the R.E. Olds Motor Car Company, but later changed the name to the REO Motor Car Company to avoid a lawsuit from the Olds Motor Works. Ransom Olds would retire in 1925, having blazed the trail for many of America’s great automotive pioneers, and laying much of the groundwork for the American automotive industry to flourish.

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   Did Ransom Olds build a car?

   • Surrounded by machine parts and equipment, Ransom Olds spent his childhood tinkering with parts and pieces he found. According to Olds himself, he built his first car equipped with a steam engine in 1894, followed by a gasoline-powered version in 1896. If this is true, then the birthplace of the modern car is actually Lansing, not Detroit.

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5. detroithistorical.org › olds-ransom-eOlds, Ransom E. | Detroit Historical Society

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   Considered by some to be the founder of Detroit’s automotive industry, Ransom Eli Olds was born in Geneva, Ohio on June 3, 1864. The family eventually moved to Lansing, Michigan and Olds grew up tinkering, making a steam-powered automobile engine in 1884 and a gas-powered one in 1896.

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   Ransom E. Olds (1864-1950) was an automotive industry pioneer whose company developed, manufactured, and sold one of the first affordable cars in mass production in the United States. His $650 "runabout, " popular in the early 1900s, came about partly as a result of his experiments with perfecting a gasoline-burning engine at his family's ...

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8. altdriver.com › people › ransom-olds-biographyEverything You Need to Know About Automotive Pioneer Ransom Olds

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   May 10, 2021 · By Jason Collins | May 10, 2021. Advertisement. Ransom E. Olds is most commonly known as the namesake of the Oldsmobile brand, but did you also know that he was the founder of REO Speed Wagon? No, not the band, the actual vehicle, produced by REO Motor Car Company.

9. americancarhistorian.com › ransom-eli-oldsRansom Eli Olds – American Car Historian

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   Oct 23, 2019 · October 23, 2019 by Deb Tracy. Ransom Eli Olds. The initials on this hubcap, REO, belong to a man who was a true trailblazer for the American automotive industry, Ransom Eli Olds. He had two different automobiles named after him, first the Oldsmobile and then the Reo, and you would be hard-pressed to name someone more deserving of the honor.