Automobiles By Seth Griffin Jan 1, 1680 Dutch physicist, Christian Huygens designed (but never built) an internal combustion engine that was to be fueled with gunpowder. Jan 1, 1807 Francois Isaac de Rivaz invents engine that uses hydrogen and oxygen to power a car. Jan 29, 1886 On January 29, Karl Benz received the first patent for a gas-fueled car. Mar 8, 1886 On March 8, 1886, Gottlieb Daimler took a stagecoach and adapted it to hold his engine, thereby designing the world's first four-wheeled automobile. Jan 1, 1890 Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor built their first car in 1890 using a Daimler engine. Jan 1, 1901 The first automobile to be mass produced in the United States was the 1901, Curved Dash Oldsmobile Jan 1, 1908 Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908, leading Ford to being the largest car manufacturer in the world. Period: Jan 1, 1908 to Jan 1, 1927 15 million Model Ts had been manufactured.
