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Nicolas-Joesph Cugnot invents the automobile
"Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is widely credited with building the first full-scale, self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile in about 1769; he created a steam-powered tricycle." Wikipedia -
The engine of the car is invetnted
"In 1807, Nicéphore Niépce and his brother Claude created what was probably the world's first internal combustion engine (which they called a Pyréolophore)," Wikipedia -
The modern car is invented
Karl Benz creates the modern car by getting a patent on a engine. -
The first gas-powered car is built and tested.
"In 1893, the first running, gasoline-powered American car was built and road-tested by the Duryea brothers of Springfield, Massachusetts. -
The flat engine is created.
Karl Benz creates the first flat engine. -
Cars begin being mass-produced
Henry Ford creates the car "assembly line". -
Electric cars start to be mass-produced
They are created to combat the ongoing environmental crisis
