History of the Starter
An automobile self-starter, simply known as a starter is an electric motor that initiates rotational movement in a car’s internal combustion engine before it can power itself. At the turn of the twentieth century all car auto manufacturers were turning to the internal combustion engine for its many advantages. The Otto cycle and the Diesel cycle internal combustion engine both required the piston to move before the ignition phase of the cycle, utilizing the diesel oil and gasoline in the system. This means that there must be an external source that set the engine in motion before the engine could power itself. The original models implemented a hand crank to start the engine!
It was such a dangerous activity that they had to create automobile starters that were mechanized. This was the beginning of the car starter revolution that has changed auto manufacturing into what it is today.