technology timeline

By Cidney_reis
  • first self propelled vehical was made

    first self propelled vehical was made

    the very first self-propelled road vehicle was a military tractor invented by French engineer and Nicolas Joseph Cugnot
  • first steam powered tricycle

    first steam powered tricycle

    Cugnot built a steam-powered tricycle that carried four passengers.
  • Robert Anderson invented the first electric carriage

    Robert Anderson invented the first electric carriage

    invented the first electric powered car.
  • More practical and more successful electric road vehicles were invented

    More practical and more successful electric road vehicles were invented

    both Thomas Davenport and Scotsmen Robert Davidson inveted better electriv vehicles.

  • Frenchmen Gaston Plante invented a better storage battery

    Gaston made the storag batterey better
  • W. Carhart built the first steam engine to win a race

    W. Carhart built the first steam engine to win a race

    Dr. J. W. Carhart, professor built a working steam car that won a 200-mile race.
  • Karl Benz designed and built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.

    Karl Benz designed and built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.

    Benz received the first patent or a gas-fueled car. It was a three-wheeler; Benz built his first four-wheeled car in 1891. Benz & Cie., the company started by the inventor, became the world's largest manufacturer of automobiles by 1900. Benz was the first inventor to integrate an internal combustion engine with a chassis - designing both together.