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first vehicle
In 1769 the first steam-powered vehicle capable of transportation was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot. -
second vehicle
In 1808, François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen. -
fourth vehicle
The battery electric car owes its beginnings to Ányos Jedlik, one of the inventors of the electric motor, and Gaston Planté, who invented the lead–acid battery in 1859.[citation needed] -
third vehicle/ fourth?
In 1870 Siegfried Marcus built the first gasoline powered combustion engine, which he placed on a pushcart, building four progressively sophisticated combustion-engine cars over a 10-to-15-year span that influenced later cars. Marcus created the two-cycle combustion engine[citation needed]. The car's second incarnation in 1880 introduced a four-cycle, gasoline-powered engine, an ingenious carburetor design and magneto ignition. -
fifth vehicle
In 1913, the Ford Model T, created by the Ford Motor Company five years prior, became the first automobile to be mass-produced on a moving assembly line. -
modern vehicles
At the turn of the 20th century electrically powered automobiles became a popular alternative method of automobile propulsion.
