Exploring the Evolution of Transportation The First Motor Car

Carl Benz's first motor carriage was a lousy alternative to a horse in the 1880s, but it helped kickstart the automobile's profound advancement since. 1954 SL Gullwing was the first car in the world to feature a four stroke petrol engine with direct fuel injection. 4. Mercedes Benz also had ... Nicolaus Otto. One of the most important landmarks in engine design came from Nicolaus August Otto, who, in 1876, invented an effective gas ... Inventing Motor Vehicles ... Ford's first vehicle-related invention was a one-cylinder, gasoline-fueled internal combustion engine that he built in 1893. The ... ' 1,000 cars lined the route that Sunday, more than any pass in Switzerland had ever seen. Through clouds of dust, 12,000 to 15,000 people ... Henry Ford's first vehicle rode on four bicycle wheels and was powered by a four-horsepower engine. Instead of a steering wheel, the Quadricycle had a tiller. The Benz Patent-Motorwagen, introduced in 1886, was a three-wheeled vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine. Unlike its predecessors, ... 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 ... A report might include ownership history, whether the car was in any accidents, its repair records, and whether it ever was declared as salvage. But as Americans became more prosperous, they turned to the newly invented motor vehicle -- available in steam, gasoline or electric versions -- ...