Wheels of Necessity The Practical Roots of the First Automobile

In 1886, Benz created the three-wheeled motor car, known as the “Motorwagen." This vehicle often is considered the first truly modern automobile. Learn how National Inventors Hall of Fame® Inductee Carl Benz invented the first modern automobile and helped turn it into a dominant form ... It helped reduce production costs and assembly time. In 1896 he made his first car called “Quadricycle”, which factored in Model T's creation ... In America, Charles Duryea claimed the first U.S. patent for a gasoline automobile in 1895. One year later, Henry Ford sold his first “quadri- ... The first American battery-powered automobile, built in Des Moines, Iowa, c. 1890, by William Morrison, could maintain a speed of 14 miles ... Carl Friedrich Benz is credited as creator of the very first vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine. This three wheeled, four-cycle invention was ... The most obvious change for everyday people was that cars gave them a way to get around quickly. Suddenly, people had a new mode of transportation that could ... Ferdinand Porsche, founder of the sports car by the same name, creates the Lohner-Porsche Mixte -- the world's first hybrid electric car. The vehicle is powered ... In 1873, Frenchman Amédée Bollée built self-propelled steam road vehicles to transport groups of passengers. The first automobile suitable for use on existing ... Inventor Karl Benz created the first gas-powered car in 1885, receiving a patent in 1886 for his three-wheeler with a rear-mounted engine.