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The wealth created by Ford Motor was immense, but it was a byproduct of Ford’s ability to imagine a horseless future.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
A great many investors backed the wrong horseless carriages around a century ago and lost their money.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2025
Then Frederick decided they should get into the horseless carriage business themselves.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2023
Mr. Swift notes that some news reports at the time considered the rover an “inevitable, almost comic product of the most automotive people on Earth,” although there was nothing inevitable about this extraterrestrial horseless carriage.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2021
Hermione turned away, smiling at the horseless carriages that were now trundling toward them up the drive, as Krum, looking surprised but gratified, signed a fragment of parchment for Ron.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
