Innovations Of The Automobile By iankirk1098 Jan 1, 1769 First Self Propelled Road Vehicle - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot No certain date, only 1769. Period: Jan 1, 1832 to Jan 1, 1839 First Electric Car (Carriage) - Robert Anderson No Date. Period: Jan 1, 1876 to Jan 1, 1895 Combined Internal Combustion Engine With a Carriage - George Baldwin Selden Period: Jan 1, 1885 to Jan 1, 1886 First True Automobile, Gasoline Powered (Internal Combustion Engine) - Karl Friedrich Benz No Date. Jan 1, 1886 First Four-Wheeled Car - Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach Jan 1, 1888 First Car Headlights Invented - Cadillac Late 1880's Jan 1, 1893 First Successful Gas Powered Car - Charles Edgar Duryea and his brother Frank Duryea Jan 1, 1929 First Affordable Car, T-Model - Henry Ford The 1920's Jan 1, 1952 Airbags Invented - John Hetrick Jan 1, 1959 First Car Seatbelts Invented Late 1950's