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When did cars first get electric sunroofs?
I love driving a car with an electric sunroof, but I remember when I was a kid, we used to drive a car with a manual sunroof you had to crank. When did cars first get electric sunroofs?
Allison Stone · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
While certain electrical components in cars such as power seats, electric windows, and electric sunroofs are now totally standard features on a new car, many of these inventions have been around for much longer than you might think.
The Golde family of Germany supposedly invented a sliding panel sunroof in 1927 that came with a cable drive mechanism that could be operated by either a hand crank or an electric motor.
While the technology did exist, it’s hard to find examples from cars of that time. It wasn’t until the 1960s and ‘70s that we started to see more real-world examples of motor-powered sunroofs on cars.
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