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possibly the first,
- Steam powered automobile
- Could not carry a driver -
In 1768 the first,
Steam powered automobile that could transport humans
Made in Great Britain.
First idea built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, -
By 1784, William Murdoch had built a working model of a steam carriage in Redruth
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In 1807 the first car fuelled by petrol aka hydrogen
Built by François Isaac de Rivaz -
In 1815,
An oil-fired steam car.
In 1838 a four-seat steam phaeton built by a professor at Prague Polytechnic, Josef Bozek. -
In 1867, Canadian jeweler Henry Seth Taylor presented his 4-wheeled "steam buggy".
He began building the base in 1865. It was a high-wheeled carriage -
In 1886 the first
Petrol or gasoline powered automobile
The first "production" vehicle, made several identical copies
Invented by Karl Benz. Created the Mercedes Benz. -
20th century, The Mercedes Benz car manufacturing company was founded by Karl Benz. BMW, Audi, Ferrari, Toyota, Bugatti, Chevrolet all were founded around this time.
The company that got Defunct is bugatti -
electrically powered automobiles appeared for example,
Tesla, 2003
