A Legacy of Innovation The Story of the First Automobile

The first was, arguably, made by Carl Benz founder of Mercedes Benz in 1885/86. It is said to have first taken to a public road in July 1886 ... Abstract. This photograph shows Karl Benz's (1844-1929) Patent-Motorwagen, or Patent Motorcar, the first automobile powered by a gasoline-fueled internal ... But most sources point to Karl Benz as the inventor of the first practical automobile back in 1885/1886. Powered by an internal-combustion ... 1789 – American Oliver Evans receives the first US patent for a steam-powered land vehicle. 1801 – In Great Britain, inventor Richard Trevithick builds a steam ... Built in 1938 by apprentices of the Mannheim Works of the Daimler-Benz Company in Stuttgart, Germany. It is a 1/5 size working model of the first automobile ... Henry Ford starts making the Ford Model T, nicknamed Tin Lizzie. This model, the first truly mass-produced car, becomes accessible to the general population and ... The First Automobile On January 29, 1886, Carl Benz applied for a patent for his “vehicle powered by a gas engine. Actual photograph of the first automobile; Invented by Carl Benz Mannheim, Germany; First appearance on the streets of Mannheim, Oct. 25th, 1883. FIRST AMERICAN CAR SOLD IN APRIL, 1898; Pioneer Motor-Propelled Vehicle Made in France in 1769--Interesting Phases in Automobile History. On January 29, 1886, Carl Benz submitted the patent for his motor car at the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin. This invention is considered to be the birth of ...