History of Cars

Nicolas Joseph Cugnot

Apr 7, 1769

The first self propelled road vehicle (military tractor)

Robert Anderson

Nov 11, 1832

First electric powered carriage.

Thomas Davenport

Oct 31, 1835

Built the first practical electric vehicle- a small locomotive

George Baldwin Selden

May 20, 1876

WilhelmFirst gasoline powered, combined internal combustion engine with a carriage.

Karl Friedrich Benz

Mar 29, 1885

First gasoline powered automobile.

Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler

Apr 16, 1886

First four wheeled. four- stroke engine ("Cannstatt- Daimler").

Wilhelm Maybach

Dec 17, 1890

Built the first four- cylinder, four- stroke engine

Charles Edgar Duryea

Dec 18, 1893

First successful gas powered car with a two- stroke motor.