His 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen was the first automobile to generate its own power, ... Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife and business partner, believed in her husband’s invention.

August fifth, 2024 marks the 136th anniversary of Bertha Benz’s history-making 66-mile drive from Mannheim to Pforzheim in her husband Karl’s Patent-Motorwagen. Supposedly unbeknownst to Karl ...

Bertha Benz gave Carl two sons, three daughters, and a road test. In 1888, tired of her husband's incessant tinkering and lack of commercial success, ... 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen.

As you may have guessed by the name, Bertha was married to Karl Benz, the engineer who developed his Patent Motorwagen in 1886, which many people feel to be the most direct ancestor of modern ...

Benz applied for and received the patent for the car, and his wife, Bertha, embarked on the first road trip — a 112-mile trek from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back — with her kids two years ...

History records Bertha and her sons quietly pushed the Patent-Motorwagen from Benz's workshop, only starting the engine once it was deemed safe to do so without waking her sleeping husband.

Ridley will play Bertha Benz, the wife of Motorwagen inventor Karl Benz, who embarked on the world's first road trip in 1888. By Lily Ford Daisy Ridley will star in a new virtual reality ...

'Star Wars' actress Daisy Ridley, who narrates the VR experience as Benz, the wife of the "father of the modern car," Carl Benz, is also an executive producer on the film.

Set in Germany in 1888, Trailblazer tells the true story of Bertha Benz, the wife of Karl Benz, inventor of the Motorwagen. While Karl struggled with self-doubt, Bertha took his invention and ...