''Automotive Industries'' (''AI'') is one of the world's oldest continually published

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and the oldest specialising in the automaking business. It was founded in November 1895 as ''The Horseless Age'', the second magazine created to cover the world's transition from horse-drawn conveyances to those powered by the new

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. The magazine changed its name to ''The Automobile'' in July 1909, an era when gasoline, steam and electricity all vied for pre-eminence in

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. The magazine's present name was established in November 1917. The title was briefly amended to ''Automotive and Aviation Industries'' during the

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years, as the magazine expanded its coverage of technologies and production methods to include the aircraft industry, in which many automakers participated.

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''The Horseless Age'' Compendiums
in PDF at The Crittenden Automotive Library.
''Automotive Industries'' archive at HathiTrust
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