Who Invented The Car?

  • Christian Huygens designs a combustion engine.

    Christian Huygens designs a combustion engine.
  • Francois Isaac de RIvaz of Switzerland invented an internal combustion engine that used a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen for fuel.

    Francois Isaac de RIvaz of Switzerland invented an internal combustion engine that used a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen for fuel.
  • Samuel Brown adapted an old Newcomen steam engine to burn gas,

    Samuel Brown adapted an old Newcomen steam engine to burn gas,
  • Jean JosephÉtienne Lenoir invented a double-acting, electric spark-ignition internal combustion engine fueled by coal gas

    Jean JosephÉtienne Lenoir invented a double-acting, electric spark-ignition internal combustion engine fueled by coal gas
  • Alphonse Beau de Rochas patented a four-stroke engine

    Alphonse Beau de Rochas patented a four-stroke engine
  • Siegfried Marcus built a one-cylinder engine with a crude carburetor

    Siegfried Marcus built a one-cylinder engine with a crude carburetor
  • Eugen Langen and Nikolaus August Otto improved on Lenoir's and de Rochas' designs and invented a more efficient gas engine.

    Eugen Langen and Nikolaus August Otto improved on Lenoir's and de Rochas' designs and invented a more efficient gas engine.
  • George Brayton developed an unsuccessful two-stroke kerosene engine

     George Brayton developed an unsuccessful two-stroke kerosene engine
  • Nikolaus August Otto invented and later patented a successful four-stroke engine

    Nikolaus August Otto invented and later patented a successful four-stroke engine
  • The first successful two-stroke engine was invented by Sir Dougald Clerk

    The first successful two-stroke engine was invented by Sir Dougald Clerk
  • Edouard Delamare-Debouteville, built a single-cylinder four-stroke engine that ran on stove gas.

    Edouard Delamare-Debouteville, built a single-cylinder four-stroke engine that ran on stove gas.
  • Gottlieb Daimler invented what is often recognized as the prototype of the modern gas engine

     Gottlieb Daimler invented what is often recognized as the prototype of the modern gas engine
  • Karl Benz received the first patent for a gas-fueled car.

    Karl Benz received the first patent  for a gas-fueled car.
  • Daimler built an improved four-stroke engine

    Daimler built an improved four-stroke engine
  • Wilhelm Maybach built the first four-cylinder, four-stroke engine

    Wilhelm Maybach built the first four-cylinder, four-stroke engine