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the first steam powered auto-mobile was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
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François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an engine fueled by hydrogen.
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first petrol or gasoline powered auto-mobile the Benz Patent-Motorwagen was invented by Karl Benz.
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The first motor car in Central Europe was produced by Czech company Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau
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the first South American automobile was built in Peru
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hydraulic brakes were invented by Malcolm Loughead
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the oil crisis of 1973