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first car powered by steam engines
The earliest steam powered car we know about was finished as early as 1769 by French inventor Nicolas Cugnot. It was a large three wheeled vehicle that moved at the speed of a walk and was meant to haul cannon. Earlier cars had been driven by springs and compressed air. -
the first ever gas powered car
On January 29, 1886, Carl Benz applied for a patent for his vehicle powered by a gas engine. In July 1886 the newspapers reported on the first public outing of the three wheeled Benz Patent Motor Car