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First steam car
First self-propelled car built by Nicolas Cugnot -
Puffing devil
Steam-powered car invented by Richard Trevithick -
Uphill Struggle
Samuel Brown invented a steam engine which burned a mixture of oxygen and hydrogen gas -
First Coal-gas engine
The first coal-gas engine was invented by Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir -
Stroke of Genius
Nikolaus August Otto invented a four-stroke engine called the Otto cycle -
First modern car
Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler invented the first modern car/automobile -
Maybach speeds things up
Wilhelm Maybach built the first four-cylinder, four-stroke engine -
Ford company
The Ford motor company was formed -
Seat-belts
Seat-belts was made for safety -
solar cars and electric cars
Solar cars and electric cars are invented