According to Wikipedia: "In 1900 the steam car was broadly superior and even managed to hold absolute land speed records. By 1920 the internal combustion engine had progressed to such a point that the steam car was an anachronism."
Cars can and do readily run on vaporized gasoline. Car with carburetors and fuel injection both vaporize fuel just before it is ignited in the combustion chamber.
Gasoline.
Cars use gasoline. Usually 87 octane.
No, because cars run on gasoline not kerosene
Crude oil.
Petrol/gasoline cars do use spark plugs.Petrol/gasoline cars do use spark plugs.
Cars need gasoline as a fuel to run. This compound is broken down into energy a car can use to run.
Gasoline, Diesel, CNG, LPG.
So-called "hybrid" cars can be powered by more than one type of fuel. i.e. gasoline/electric - gasoline/diesel - etc. So-called "hybrid" cars can be powered by more than one type of fuel. i.e. gasoline/electric - gasoline/diesel - etc.
Diesel is a fuel that is used in cars and stored in tanks. Gasoline / Petrol is another fuel that is used in cars and stored in tanks.
Steam cars in 1769, Fuel gas cars in 1805 and Gasoline cars in 1885.
Fuel cells are basically a storage device for energy. In the cars on the road today they are gasoline tanks. In hybrid cars, they are gasoline tanks and batterys. In GM's Hydrogen car, the fuel cell is the Hydrogen tank.