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The desire for more gasoline powered cars!
His first car, the gasoline powered "Quadricycle" in 1896 was made by hand in a tiny workshop behind his home.
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Generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile, Benz made his first model in 1885.
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It is a car powered by an internal combustion engine running on gasoline.
Henry Ford built his first gasoline powered car in 1896 called the Quadricycle. He built 3 of them. The first practical gasoline automobile was built by Karl Benz of Germany in 1885.
Henry Ford invented the gasoline-powered automoblie. It was called the Model T. The above answer is incorrect. The Model T was not even Henry Fords first car it was the Quadricycle built in 1896 a full 12 years before the Model T. The first practical gasoline powered automobile was invented in 1885 by Karl Benz of Germany. The first car in america was made by Charles and Frank Duryea.
He is credited with producing the first practicalinternal combustion, gasoline powered, vehicle.
The first US produced car was by the Duryea motors Co. in 1893.
yesAnswer:Benz is generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered car -- not the first car.
The first gasoline powered car built in America was built by Charles & Frank Duryea in 1893.