The history of the automobile is very rich and
dates back to the 15th century when Leonardo da Vinci
was creating designs and models for transport vehicles.
There are many different types of automobiles -
steam, electric, and gasoline
- as well as countless styles. Exactly who invented the automobile
is a matter of opinion. If we had to give credit to one inventor,
it would probably be Karl Benz from Germany. Many
suggest that he created the first true automobile in 1885/1886.
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| Inventor
: Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725-1804)
Date
: 1769
Type/Description
: STEAM / Built the first self propelled road vehicle (military
tractor) for the French army: three wheeled, 2.5 mph.
Country :
France |
Inventor
: Robert Anderson
Date : 1832-1839
Type/Description
: ELECTRIC / Electric carriage.
Country : Scotland |
Inventor
: Karl Friedrich Benz (1844-1929)
Date : 1885/86
Type/Description
: GASOLINE / First true automobile. Gasoline automobile powered
by an internal combustion engine: three wheeled, Four cycle,
engine and chassis form a single unit.
Country : Germany
Patent DRP No. 37435 |
Inventor
: Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (1834-1900) and
Wilhelm Maybach (1846-1929)
Date : 1886
Type/Description
: GASOLINE / First four wheeled, four-stroke engine- known
as the "Cannstatt-Daimler."
Country : Germany |
Inventor
: George Baldwin Selden (1846-1922)
Date : 1876/95
Type/Description
: GASOLINE / Combined internal combustion engine with a carriage:
patent no: 549,160 (1895). Never manufactured -- Selden collected
royalties.
Country : United
States |
Inventor
: Charles Edgar Duryea (1862-1938) and his
brother Frank (1870-1967)
Date : 1893
Type/Description
: GASOLINE / First successful gas powered car: 4hp, two-stroke
motor. The Duryea brothers set up first American car manufacturing
company.
Country : United
States |
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