Did You Know? Facts #3
Posted: Sat May 04, 2024 6:43 pm
Hey Explorers!
The First Car: "The world's first automobile was built in 1885 by Karl Benz. It was called the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, with a top speed of about 10 miles per hour, equivalent to 16 kilometers per hour."DID YOU KNOW?
More Information:
- Karl Benz, a German engineer and inventor, developed the Patent-Motorwagen in Mannheim, Germany.
- He received a patent for his invention on January 29, 1886. (Patent number 37435)
- It was a three-wheeled vehicle powered by a single-cylinder, four-stroke engine.
- The engine had a displacement of 954 cc and produced about 0.75 horsepower (0.55 kW)
- It was significantly faster than traditional horse-drawn carriages of that time with a top speed of approximately 10 miles per hour (16 km/h).
- It could travel about 25 miles (40 kilometers) on a single tank of fuel.
- Karl Benz's wife, Bertha Benz, played a crucial role in the early success of the Patent-Motorwagen.
- In August 1888, she took the vehicle from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back, proving the automobile's reliability, and helping to popularize the invention.
- This invention sets the stage for subsequent developments in automobile design, manufacturing, and transportation infrastructure.
- Karl Benz founded Benz & Cie., which later merged with Gottlieb Daimler's company to form Mercedes-Benz.
Benz Patent-Motorwagen paved the way for the modern automotive industry. It represents a landmark achievement in the history of transportation, marking the transition from horse-drawn carriages to motorized vehicles and laying the foundation for the automobiles we see on the roads today.
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