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The First Car
Ferdinand Verbiest invented the first car in the year 1672. It was the first ever car invented and was powered by steam. -
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The First Car
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Later on...
Later on, in 1769, the first self-propelled car was designed and built by Nicholas Cugnot. His model of car was a three-wheeler. -
IT WORKS!
In 1881, Gustave Trouvé not only designed and invented the first ever car powered by electricity but also demonstrated the functioning of this automobile at an International Exhibition of Electricity in Paris. -
Gasoline ehh?
Four years later in 1885, Karl Benz designed and built a car powered by gasoline. -
Automobiles!
George Selden was granted the first ever patent for manufacturing automobiles. In the year 1893, brothers Frank and Charles Duryea founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in the United States of America.
