Articles related to "Ransom Olds"

Automotive pioneer Ransom Eli Olds deserves credit for patenting the first assembly line process, and for starting the automotive industry in the Detroit area.

When people say "Detroit" in a business context, they're not talking about the city in southeast Michigan. The name long ago became a synonym for the auto industry.

Although the automobile had been invented decades before the 1920s, they were so expensive few people could afford to have one.