![]() The first completely touchless automated car wash came up in Seattle in 1951, and by the 1960s, these fully-mechanized car wash systems had started popping up across America. The world got its first semi-automatic car wash system in 1946 when Thomas Simpson opened a car wash with an overhead sprinkler and an air blower to take some manual labor out of the process. But, even then, the actual cleaning of the vehicle was done manually. It wasn’t until 1940 that the first ‘automated’ conveyor-style car wash was opened in California. ![]() Two men opened a business called ‘Automated Laundry’ in Detroit, Michigan, USA, and assigned workers to soap, rinse, and dry the cars which were manually pushed into a tunnel. The history of modern car washes can be traced back to 1914. Not surprisingly then, many people opt to clean their cars at a professional, automated car washes. ![]() Washing a dirty vehicle in your driveway or yard is also detrimental for the environment because a typical home drainage system does not boast a separation technique that would expel the greasy water to a waste treatment plant and stop it from contaminating local streams or lakes. It’s a well-known fact that when you wash a car at home, you end up consuming three times more water than you do at a professional mobile car wash. Editor’s note: This blog was originally published in February, 2021 and was updated for accuracy.
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