The History Of Cars

First Steam Powered

Feb 16, 1768

In 1768 the first steam powered auto-mobile capable of human transportation was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot.

Cars

Period: May 14, 1768 to May 14, 2015

First Electric Car

May 14, 1835

Robert Anderson 1832-1839 ELECTRIC / Electric carriage. Scotland

First Stationary Gasoline Car

Dec 31, 1879

The first stationary gasoline engine developed by Carl Benz was a one-cylinder two-stroke unit which ran for the first time on New Year's Eve 1879.