Karl Friedrich Benz was born on November 25, 1844, in Mühlburg, Germany. Interestingly, his father was a locomotive driver, but he passed away when Karl was just two, leaving his mother ...

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

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 ...

The answer depends a little bit on your definition of the word. The first practical gas-powered carriage was built by Karl Benz, who later merged his company with Daimler Motor Group to form ...

Karl Benz was a design visionary whose first fascinations ... Cäcilie Bertha Ringer was born into a wealthy family in Pforzheim, Germany, in the spring of 1849. Her father was a carpenter and ...