Hardly a modern invention, the electric car has a history tracing back all the way to the mid-1800s. Interest in technology has boomeranged over the years based on both consumer trends and economic ...

Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by ...

The idea that Henry Ford invented the first gas-powered car has stuck for over a century, but like many things in history, the truth isn’t so straightforward. Ford’s first ride didn’t go the way ...

Long before dashboard dials and automatic climate control, winter driving meant bracing for the kind of cold that seeped into bone and metal alike. Early motorists layered up, improvised gadgets and ...

Like most cars produced in the 1940s the Holden 48-215 was a rust bucket —but it was our rust bucket. The car famous for being the first Australian-made automobile first rolled off the production line ...