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For the first time Karl Benz publicly drove the car on July 3, 1886, in Mannheim at a top speed of 16 km/h (10 mph). [ 10 ] Benz later made more models of the Motorwagen: model number 2 had 1.1 kW (1.5 hp) engine, and model number 3 had 1.5 kW (2 hp) engine, allowing the vehicle to reach a maximum speed of approximately 16 km/h (10 mph).
A Tesla Model Y electric car, the world's best-selling car in the first and second quarters of 2023. The modern era is normally defined as the 40 years preceding the current year. [ 70 ] The modern era has been one of increasing standardization , platform sharing , and computer-aided design —to reduce costs and development time—and of ...
Bertha Benz at age 18, c. 1867 Cäcilie Bertha Ringer was born on 3 May 1849 to a wealthy carpenter family in Pforzheim.She was the third of nine children. Her father, Karl Friedrich Ringer, a master builder and carpenter, and her 20 year younger mother, Auguste Friedrich, were wealthy individuals who invested heavily in their children's educations.
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (26 February 1725 – 2 October 1804) was a French inventor who built the world's first full-size and working self-propelled mechanical land-vehicle, the "Fardier à vapeur" – effectively the world's first automobile.
His company Benz & Cie., based in Mannheim, was the world's first automobile plant and largest of its day. [3] In 1926, it merged with Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft to form Daimler-Benz, which produces the Mercedes-Benz among other brands. Benz is widely regarded as "the father of the car", [4] [5] as well as the "father of the automobile ...
1911: The cloud chamber, the first particle detector, is invented by Charles Thomson Rees Wilson. 1912: The first commercial slot cars or more accurately model electric racing cars operating under constant power were made by Lionel (USA) and appeared in their catalogues in 1912. 1912: The first use of articulated trams by Boston Elevated Railway.
In 1950, The Times described his second car erroneously as being built in 1875, and the first petrol-powered road vehicle. A description of its first journey of 7.5 miles from Vienna to Klosterneuberg was included in the article. [13] In 1968 and 1971, it was disproved that Marcus had constructed his car in 1875; it was built in 1888/89.
The first cars to use Thompson's synchromesh transmission design were Cadillac and LaSalle models in 1928, followed by Oldsmobile, Buick, and Oakland models in 1931, and Chevrolet cars in 1932. [6] Thompson sold his synchromesh transmission patents to GM in 1924 [ 7 ] and 1930 for a reported $1 million.