How did Henry Ford change automobile manufacturing?

Answer 1

He came up with assembly line manufacturing where one person would do one thing and make a car on an assembly line, piece by piece. This allowed more autos to be made faster and cheaper, so the average person could afford them.

Before Henry Ford, a crafts person would make an automobile by hand, and it took longer, and was more expensive, and only the rich could afford them.

Mass production allowed the masses to own automobiles.

Answer 2

Henry Ford improved on the already existing assembly line by making a moving assembly line bringing the work to the workers. The first mass produced automobile made from an assembly line was the Curved Dash Runabout Oldsmobile by Ransom E Olds. 19,000 Curved Dash Oldsmobiles were mass produced from 1901-1907 on an assembly line.