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  1. 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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  2. May 10, 2021 · The Birth of the Olds Motor Vehicle Company. In 1897, Ransom E. Olds teamed up with Edward W. Sparrow to create the Olds Motor Vehicle Company, under which he planned to design and manufacture his own vehicles. This plan changed slightly in 1899, when local copper and lumbar big wig Samuel L. Smith purchased the company and moved it to Detroit.

  3. Ransom E. OldsRansom 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 ...

  4. Ransom E. Olds. Ransom Olds, c. 1901. Ransom Eli Olds ( June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950 ), [1] was an American Automotive Industry Pioneer and founder of Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company. [2] He is considered the Father of the modern Assembly Line, [3] where he would mass-produce the Oldsmobile Curved Dash between 1901 and 1907. [4]

  5. Nov 16, 2021 · The little Olds sold for $650 and by 1904, he had sold over 7,000 of them (an unheard of number for that time). In 1901, Ransom Olds patented the first stationary assembly line used in the manufacture of the automobile.

  6. Ransom Eli Olds ( June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950 ), was an American Automotive Industry Pioneer and founder of Oldsmobile and REO Motor Car Company.

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