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On January 29, 1886, Karl Benz patented the first automobile powered by a gasoline engine, ... The transition to electric ...

Since the invention of the first gas-powered car with a combustion engine in 1885 by Germany's Karl Benz, the car manufacturing industry has found ways to make production faster and cheaper.

Benz wasn't far behind: In 1886, he patented the first gas-fueled car, which Daimler later improved. Since then, we have been refining their very practical invention. QUIZ ...

Karl Benz patented his three-wheeled, petrol-powered Motorwagen in 1886, which his wife Bertha Benz proceeded to take on a 120-mile tour through Germany without his knowledge.

A guy named Karl Benz recently filed a patent for this here contraption, something he's calling a "Motorwagen." Read about the 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen in this first drive article brought to ...

Coincidentally, the Benz car was bested by a Daimler, the company that would go on to join Benz to form the current manufacturer, and both of them lost to a steam-powered DeDion-Bouton.

Confident he was on to something big, Benz wisely filed for a patent on January 29th of 1886, registering the rig as a "gas-powered vehicle" with the German Imperial Patent Office in Berlin under ...

In the 133 years since Karl Benz dropped a four-stroke engine into his three-wheeler in 1885, engineers around the world have waged an unending war to squeeze more power out of less fuel.