2007-02-06 15:00:27 · 8 answers · asked by Kaliann K 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Mercedes-Benz
January 1886, Germany...the Patent on the automobile is awarded to Karl Benz for the automobile.
2007-02-08 09:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by LovePinkPuffies 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yup:
Karl Friedrich Benz (December 6, 1844 – April 4, 1929) was a German engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile. Other German contemporaries, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, also worked independently on the same type of invention, but Benz patented his work first and, after that, patented all of the processes that made the internal combustion engine feasible for use in automobiles. In 1886 Karl Benz was granted a patent for his first engine, which he designed in 1878.
In 1885, Benz created the Motorwagen, the first commercial automobile, powered by a gasoline engine, which was his own four-stroke design. The automobile had three wheels, being steered by the front wheel and with the passengers and the engine being supported by the two wheels in the rear—some now refer to it as the Tri-Car.
2007-02-06 15:04:21 · answer #2 · answered by Daremo 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Karl Friedrich Benz was the creator of the first gasoline powered automobile in 1885 he called it the motorwagen.
2007-02-08 12:09:17 · answer #3 · answered by C_Alexander 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well it was two guys karl benz and gotlieb diaimler they both started their own companies and then they amaligated to form the Diamler Benz Company now Diamler Chrysler
2007-02-06 17:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by sportbikeman2000 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Some sources suggest that Ferdinand Verbiest, whilst a member of a Jesuit mission in China, may have built the first steam powered car around 1672. Another early self-propelled vehicle was that built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, a French inventor, in 1765. The first automobile patent in the United States was granted to Oliver Evans in 1789 for his "Amphibious Digger". It was a harbor dredge scow designed to be powered by a steam engine and he built wheels to attach to the bow. In 1804 Evans demonstrated his first successful self-propelled vehicle, which not only was the first automobile in the US but was also the first amphibious vehicle, as his steam-powered vehicle was able to travel on wheels on land as he demonstrated once, and via a paddle wheel in the water. It was not successful and eventually was sold as spare parts."
2007-02-06 15:37:10 · answer #5 · answered by Buford T. Justice 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he invented the first gas powered, steam powered was going before him and you can even trace the existence of the car back to ancient China, thousands of years ago. Even Da-Vinci had made a drawing of a moving car using springs and levers for power.
2007-02-06 15:33:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the first combostion engine. He is the all time creater and hero
2007-02-07 04:11:32 · answer #7 · answered by mercedes56benz 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes and no. Gasoline powered, yes. Steam powered ones had existed beforehand IIRC.
2007-02-06 15:04:23 · answer #8 · answered by Kyle M 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋