Patent of Soybean Car

Date: January 13, 1942 • Location: Washington, United States

Henry Ford patents a soybean car, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.

Henry Ford was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism. In 1911, he was awarded a patent for the transmission mechanism that would be used in the Ford Model T and other automobiles.