On this day in 1886 Karl Benz patented the first internal combustion engine on a motor car. The engine had been in development throughout 1885, and the first ever motor car was available for sale ...

Karl Benz filed a patent application for his revolutionary creation, the Benz Patent Motor Car, Model No. 1, often regarded ...

and with the addition of the company's stationary gas engines, the Benz Patent Motorwagen came to life. When Was the Motorwagen Created? Karl Benz completed the first version of his Motorwagen in ...

The first practical ... two-stroke engine and transmitted to the rear axle by a pair of chains. He didn’t think it was ready for the road, and he was mostly right. Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife ...

Karl Benz received the patent # 37435. In the fall of 1885, the world’s first water-cooled gasoline engine automobile (horseless carriage) rolled down the streets in ...

The first practical ... two-stroke engine and transmitted to the rear axle by a pair of chains. He didn’t think it was ready for the road, and he was mostly right. Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife ...

The boxer engine design dates back to the late 1880s when Karl Benz (yes, the same Benz recognized as the inventor of the first ever car) developed the Contra engine. The Benz Contra was a ...