[Python] How can I pass a class type into a method and use it to create new objects of the...

I have a situation where I have multiple csv files that I want to transform into various objects. So I have something like:

#What works
car = []
with open("car.csv") as csv_file:
data = iter(csv.reader(csv_file))
next(data) # Discard header
for row in data:
car.append(Car(row[0], row[1], row[2])

#What I want to do
car = load("car.csv", Car.__class__)

def load(file, cls):
arr = []
with open(file) as csv_file:
data = iter(csv.reader(csv_file))
next(data) # Discard header
for row in data:
arr.append(cls.__init__(row)) #Should make a new object
return arr


So then I could use load with Car, Boat, Graph, etc. As long as I pass in an orderly list that can satisfy the init function.

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