The very first self-powered road vehicles were powered by steam engines and by that definition Nicolas Joseph Cugnot of France built the first automobile in 1769 - recognized by the British Royal Automobile Club and the Automobile Club de France as being the first. So why do so many history books say that the automobile was invented by either Gottlieb Daimler or Karl Benz? It is because both Daimler and Benz invented highly successful and practical gasoline-powered vehicles that ushered in the age of modern automobiles. Daimler and Benz invented cars that looked and worked like the cars we use today. However, it is unfair to say that either man invented "the" automobile.
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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.
The first gas powered car was invented in 1896.
The first car works the same way it does now.
70 kph
Ferdinand Verbiest invented the first car in 1672. It was the first car ever invented and it was powered by steam.
Actually Julius Hock invented the first car that runs on liquid gas in 1870 by then their were no Mercedes Benz
Actualy the first person who invented the first rc car was President Lincon!
if the car is nuclear powered you wont need gas
the first gas powered car ;; i know this becasue i did a 3 page essay on them for social studies. the first gas powered car ;; i know this becasue i did a 3 page essay on them for social studies.
AnswerThe first gas powered car was introduced by Henry Ford in 1896. In fact it was Karl Friedrich Benz (1844-1929) of Karlsruhe, Germany.It was the first true gas powered automobile, 1885-86. Powered by an internal combustion engine: three wheeled, four cycle, engine and chassis form a single unit.Germany Patent DRP No. 37435
The first ever "Car" was powered arguably (meaning some disagree) by Steam and used wood or coal for power, not gas.