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the first steam powered automobile
the first steam powered automobile capable of human transportation was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot. -
the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fueled
In 1807 François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen -
the first gasoline powered automobile
In 1886 the first gasoline powered automobile the Benz Patent-Motorwagen was invented by Karl Benz. This is also considered to be the first "production" vehicle as Benz made several identical copies... -
The first production
The first production of automobiles was by Karl Benz in 1888 in Germany and, under license from Benz, in France by Emile Roger. -
The first company
The first company formed exclusively to build automobiles was Panhard et Levassor in France, which also introduced the first four-cylinder engine. Formed in 1889, Panhard was quickly followed by Peugeot two years later. By the start of the 20th century, the automobile industry was beginning to take off in Western Europe, especially in France, where 30,204 were produced in 1903, representing 48.8% of world automobile production that year. -
In the United States.
In the United States, brothers Charles and Frank Duryea founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in 1893, becoming the first American automobile manufacturing company. -
The first car in Europe.
The first motor car in Europe was produced by Czech company Nesselsdorfer Wagenbau in 1897, the Präsident automobil. -
the first hot rod in history
In 1898, Louis Renault had a De Dion-Bouton modified, with fixed drive shaft and differential, making "perhaps the first hot rod in history" and bringing Renault and his brothers into the car industry.
