Improvements in the Fuel Efficiency of Cars

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  • Oct 14, 1087

    1807

    1807 - Francois Isaac de Rivaz of Switzerland invented an internal combustion engine that used a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen for fuel. Rivaz designed a car for his engine - the first internal combustion powered automobile. However, his was a very unsuccessful design.

  • The first automobile that ran on gun powder

    Dutch physicist, Christian Huygens designed an internal combustion engine that was to be fueled with gunpowder.
  • First steam engine ever made

    First steam engine ever made

    The very first self-powered road vehicles were powered by steam engines and by that definition Nicolas Joseph Cugnot of France built the first automobile in 1769

  • 1824

    Francois Isaac de Rivaz of Switzerland invented an internal combustion engine that used a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen for fuel. Rivaz designed a car for his engine - the first internal combustion powered automobile. However, his was a very unsuccessful design.