R. E. Olds builds his first horseless carriage. It is a 3-wheeled, steam powered vehicle. R. E. Olds becomes the first American automobile exporter. He ships a 4-wheeled, steam powered vehicle to a purchaser in India. R. E. Olds publicly offers for sale his first gas powered vehicle.
Olds becomes the first automobile manufacturer to acquire vehicle components from outside suppliers.
This was necessitated by the fact the Detroit manufacturing facility was destroyed by fire. Oldsmobile takes the Tour de France. Oldsmobile leads all American automobile manufacturers in the number of autos produced. The first Oldsmobile to have a steering wheel, instead of a tiller rod is manufactured. R. E. Olds retires from Oldsmobile.