Who Built the First Automobile?

It’s hard to credit a single person with inventing the automobile. Not only did an estimated 100,000 patents lead to cars as we know them, but people also disagree on what qualifies as the first true automobile.  For historians who think that early steam-powered road vehicles fit the bill, the answer is Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, a […]
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The First Car - A History of the Automobile

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The Benz Patent-Motorwagen (patent motorcar), built in 1885 by the German Karl Benz, is widely regarded as the world's first practical modern automobile and was the first car put into production. It

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The First Car - A History of the Automobile

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When was the first car made in america

First automobile built by the St. Louis Motor Carriage Company. The car was completed in late April or early May of 1899 and sold to A.L. Lambrechts of St. Louis - PICRYL

Built in 1886, Benz Patent-Motorwagen is the world's first automobile, Bertha Benz took a 194 km (121 mi) trip to publicize the car, The Vintage News