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Dutch physicist, Christian Huygens designed (but never built) an internal combustion engine that was to be fueled with gunpowder.
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Francois Isaac de Rivaz invents engine that uses hydrogen and oxygen to power a car.
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On January 29, Karl Benz received the first patent for a gas-fueled car.
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On March 8, 1886, Gottlieb Daimler took a stagecoach and adapted it to hold his engine, thereby designing the world's first four-wheeled automobile.
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Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor built their first car in 1890 using a Daimler engine.
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The first automobile to be mass produced in the United States was the 1901, Curved Dash Oldsmobile
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Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908, leading Ford to being the largest car manufacturer in the world.
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15 million Model Ts had been manufactured.
