The Birth of a Legend Unveiling the First Car's Heritage

Somewhere between an early car and the head-in-the-bed scene in The Godfather, the Horsey Horseless, the brainfart of inventor Uriah Smith of ... William Morrison, from Des Moines, Iowa, creates the first successful electric vehicle in the U.S. His car is little more than an electrified ... Earlier accounts often gave credit to Karl Benz, from Germany, for creating the first true automobile in 1885/1886. However, our knowledge of ... In 1885, Benz's creation, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, became the world's first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine, setting the ... When was the first car made? Get to know the history and inventors behind the first automobiles. Berlin's Imperial Patent Office only granted Mr. Carl Benz of the Benz & Co. company in Mannheim as owner of patent number DRP 37435, which ... In the autumn of 1885, his three-wheeled vehicle became the first successful petrol-engined car. He was awarded a patent for it on 29 January 1886 and became ... In 1886, Karl Benz was granted a patent for his automobile and began the first production car in 1888. His first-ever car contained the ... From Aston Martin to Zenvo, these are the most expensive supercars and hypercars ever made. ... The Droptail debuted during Monterey Car Week as ... Electrobat! Is that not a great name? It belongs to the first commercially viable EV effort. Philadelphians Pedro Salom and Henry G. Morris ...