Most are powered by an Internal Combustion engine either gasoline, diesel, or electric motors.
In 1893 Charles and J. Frank Duryea invented the first gas-powered automobile. Surprisingly, the electric-powered car was invented before the gas powered automobile. The first electric car was built in 1874 by Edward Field.
America's first gasoline-powered automobile was the 1891 Lambert car invented by John W. Lambert. Henry Ford improved the assembly line for automobile manufacturing (Model-T), invented a transmission mechanism, and popularized the gas-powered automobile.
Ferdinand Verbiest invented the first car in 1672. It was the first car ever invented and it was powered by steam.
1889
In 1769, the steam engine was the first automobile engine capable of human transport. In 1807, the first gas powered engine was an internal combustion engine.
John Lambert America's first gasoline-powered automobile was the 1891 Lambert car invented by John W. Lambert. Henry Ford Henry Ford improved the assembly line for automobile manufacturing (Model-T), invented a transmission mechanism, and popularized the gas-powered automobile.
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the first automobile in 1769, it was a steam powered tricycle
Fossil fuels, electric, and fuel cells are three major ways an automobile can be powered.
ford Karl F. Benz invented the first gasoline powered vehicle in 1885.
Who discovered the automobile? The automobile wasn't discovered under a rock. The automobile was invented. Karl Friedrich Benz is generally regarded as the inventor of the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine.
The first practicle gasoline powered automobile was invented and built in 1885 by Karl Benz in Germany.
Henry Ford introduced his ethanol powered "Quadricycle" automobile in 1896.