From Concept to Reality The Journey of the First Motor Car

It's easier to say 'Carl Benz invented the automobile' than it is say 'well, actually, the history of the automobile is complex and ... How did the first cars work? ... A steam car burned fuel that heated water in a boiler. This process made steam that expanded and pushed pistons, which turned a ... 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 ... The Benz Patent-Motorwagen built in 1886, is widely regarded as the world's first automobile; that is, a vehicle designed to be propelled by an internal ... The motor car was developed over many years by a number of talented individuals but Karl Benz of Mannheim in Germany is the Inventor of the ... The Benz patent motor car is the world's first automobile. Carl Benz designed it in 1885 and filed for a patent on January 29, 1886. The history of the car most often begins with Karl Benz. The German inventor of Mercedes-Benz fame, filed a patent for a “vehicle powered by a gas engine” on ... For historians who think that early steam-powered road vehicles fit the bill, the answer is Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, a French military engineer ... In 1886, Karl Benz introduced the world to a groundbreaking innovation that would shape the course of history—the “Motorwagen ... GASOLINE / First successful gas powered car: 4hp, two-stroke motor. The Duryea brothers set up first American car manufacturing company.