The Visionary Who Paved the Way for Modern Transportation

In 1769 Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot invented the first vehicle in history capable of transporting passengers, the Fardier, also known as the Cugnot in honor to its ... Arguably Father Ferdinand Verbiest, a Catholic priest invented the first car in the world as it was powered by steam and only 15-inches long in 1687 for the ... It is believed that Edgar Duryea and his brother Frank were the first to invent a gas-powered car with a two-stroke motor in the United States in 1893. Benz ran his first car in 1885, Daimler in 1886. Although there is no reason to believe that Benz had ever seen a motor vehicle before he made ... Gilbert J. Loomis holds the distinction of being the first person to buy an automotive liability insurance policy in 1897, according to the Ohio Historical ... How one woman's obsession gave us two car features we use every single day. ... Florence Lawrence isn't exactly a household name, certainly not in ... The French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first steam-powered road vehicle in 1769, while the Swiss inventor François Isaac de Rivaz designed and ... Peugeot, Citroen, Ford, Honda, Ferrari, Bentley, Renault. Before these brands became megacorps employing hundreds of thousands, ... When Karl Benz invented his Patent Motorwagen, they were almost no access to combustible fuel in Mannheim, Germany. Their only option was to ... The automobile was first invented and perfected in Germany and France in the late 1800s, though Americans quickly came to dominate the automotive industry in ...