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The strange story behind the 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen and the first real automobile

The Benz Patent-Motorwagen is often presented as the tidy starting line of automotive history, a single moment when the car ...
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This day in car history: Benz applies for the first car patent

On January 29, 1886, a German engineer named Karl Benz changed the world forever. He filed a patent for his gas-engine-powered vehicle, which we now know as the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, and this was ...