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first self propelled vehical was made
the very first self-propelled road vehicle was a military tractor invented by French engineer and Nicolas Joseph Cugnot -
first steam powered tricycle
Cugnot built a steam-powered tricycle that carried four passengers. -
Robert Anderson invented the first electric carriage
invented the first electric powered car. -
More practical and more successful electric road vehicles were invented
both Thomas Davenport and Scotsmen Robert Davidson inveted better electriv vehicles. -
Frenchmen Gaston Plante invented a better storage battery
Gaston made the storag batterey better -
W. Carhart built the first steam engine to win a race
Dr. J. W. Carhart, professor built a working steam car that won a 200-mile race. -
Karl Benz designed and built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine.
Benz received the first patent or a gas-fueled car. It was a three-wheeler; Benz built his first four-wheeled car in 1891. Benz & Cie., the company started by the inventor, became the world's largest manufacturer of automobiles by 1900. Benz was the first inventor to integrate an internal combustion engine with a chassis - designing both together.