From Carriage to Combustion The Inventor Who Ushered in the Automotive Era

Karl Benz's Patent Motorwagen is regarded as the first practical self-propelled vehicle. It was powered by a petroleum-fueled four-stroke ... During the 1950's the Amphicar Corporation was formed and Hanns Trippel designed his first post-war amphibious car, the three seat Alligator. "The Benz Patent Motorwagen was a three-wheeled automobile with a rear-mounted engine. The vehicle contained many new inventions. It was constructed of ... The exact date of the sale was March 24, 1898, and about a week later — on April 1, 1898 — I received payment and shipped the car to its new ... Instead of inventing the first car, John Fitch built steamboats and submarines after a walk in Warminster. Aaron Selter Jr invented a car that runs off water only and was in ... first grader, okay. I knew how to fix a computer too! I'd refresh ... Karl first worked on creating his petrol-driven two-stroke engine in 1879 and got a patent for it six months later. After this, he also invented ... Pictured is the first gasoline-powered automobile invented in the United States. Known as the Buckeye gasoline buggy or Lambert gasoline buggy, ... Next time you crank the heat in your car, remember to thank Margaret Wilcox. Margaret was a mechanical engineer who invented the first car ... Designed by Hans Trippel, the amphibious vehicle was manufactured by the Quandt Group at Lübeck and at Berlin-Borsigwalde, with a total of 3,878 manufactured ...