Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (born September 25, 1725, Void, France—died October 2, 1804, Paris) was a French military engineer who designed and built the world’s first true automobile—a huge, heavy, steam-powered tricycle.

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.

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (February 26, 1725 – October 2, 1804) was a French inventor. He is believed to have built the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile , though this claim is disputed by some sources (some suggest that Ferdinand Verbiest, as a member of a Jesuit mission in China , may have been the first to build a 'car ...

Dec 14, 2021 · The world’s first self-propelled mechanical vehicle, in other words, the world’s first automobile, was built by the largely unknown French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot. Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot was born in Void-Vacon, Lorraine, in 1725 and was trained as a military engineer.

Feb 15, 2022 · While missionaries sent by Charles III of Spain were founding the first cities in California and the explorer James Cook was discovering Tahiti, a French military engineer named Nicholas Joseph...

Feb 26, 2018 · Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, a French Army officer and engineer, was born Feb. 26, 1725. Tasked by the Army to develop a steam-powered vehicle for the purpose of hauling cannon, Cugnot devised a scaled-down working model in 1769, and in 1770, he unveiled a full-sized steam-driven vehicle, which he called a fardier à vapeur.

It was 1769 when French inventor Nicolas Cugnot engineered the first horseless vehicle. Yes, you read that date correctly, 1769. The western world had one big toe in the pool of industrialism, and the British colonies in America were a pot of hot water about to boil.

On September 25, 1725, French inventor Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot was born. He is known to have built the first working self-propelled mechanical vehicle, the world’s first automobile. Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot was born in Void-Vacon, Lorraine in 1725 and was trained as a military engineer.

Dec 12, 2024 · Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, a French inventor and military engineer born on February 26, 1725, in Void-Vacon, Lorraine (now Meuse), France, holds a remarkable place in history as the creator of the world's first full-sized, self-propelled mechanical land vehicle.

Cugnot was born at Void, in the Meuse province of France. As a young man, hejoined the French army and while in the service in Germany and Belgium, he invented a new kind of rifle for use by French troops.