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a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting goods or passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor. The word automobile comes from the ancient Greek word αὐτός (autós, meaning ‘self’) and the Latin word mobilis (movable), therefore automobile means a vehicle that moves itself. The alternative name, ‘car’ is believed
8 Μαΐ 2012 · The document summarizes the history and development of automobiles from the 15th century to present day. It describes how the first self-propelled vehicles were invented in the 15th century in China and then developed in Europe in the 18th century.
In 1885, German mechanical engineer Karl Benz designed and built the world's first practical automobile to be powered by an internal-combustion engine. On January 29, 1886, Benz received the first patent (DRP No. 37435) for a gas-fueled car. It was a three-wheeler; Benz built his first four-wheeled car in 1891.
29 Οκτ 2024 · Leonardo da Vinci considered the idea of a self-propelled vehicle in the 15th century. In 1760 a Swiss clergyman, J.H. Genevois, suggested mounting small windmills on a cartlike vehicle, their power to be used to wind springs that would move the road wheel. Genevois’s idea probably derived from a windmill cart of about 1714.
29 Οκτ 2024 · Development of the automobile started in 1672 with the invention of the first steam-powered vehicle, which led to the creation of the first steam-powered automobile capable of human transportation, built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in 1769.
29 Οκτ 2024 · Automobile, or car, a usually four-wheeled vehicle designed primarily for passenger transportation and commonly propelled by an internal-combustion engine using a volatile fuel. Learn more about automotive design and the history of cars in this article.
Overview. In the latter part of the nineteenth century, Gottlieb Daimler (1834-1900) and Karl Benz (1844-1929) developed a gasoline-powered automobile, a significant improvement over the existing steam-powered devices.
