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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot creates the first steam-powered automobile capable of human transportation.
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François Isaac de Rivaz invented the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen.
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Siegfried Marcus built the first gasoline powered combustion engine, which he placed on a pushcar.
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Karl Benz invents the first gas-powered automobile.
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The Ford Motor Company creates its first automobile, the Ford Model-T.
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Electrically-powered automobiles became the main method of automobile propulsion. New companies, like Chevy and Ram, joined Ford in mass producing automobiles on assembly lines.