Benz Patent-Motorwagen: History of the First Automobile
How Karl Benz's three-wheeled 1886 invention, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, became the ancestor of every modern car — and how Bertha Benz proved it worked.
How Karl Benz's three-wheeled 1886 invention, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, became the ancestor of every modern car — and how Bertha Benz proved it worked.
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