Automobile
InventorKarl Benz
Year1886
CategoryTransport
OriginGermany
About Automobile
Benz built the first true automobile with an internal combustion engine. His wife Bertha took the first long-distance road trip without telling him, 106 km. She invented brake linings when the wooden brakes failed. Henry Ford made cars affordable with the assembly line in 1913.
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