Without her, Karl Benz would have spent the rest of his life obsessively trying to get that motor up from 2/3 HP to a massive 7/8 HP. Thanks, Bertha.

Bertha Benz may just be ... citing Karl Benz's memoir, where he wrote, “Only one person remained with me in the small ship of life when it seemed destined to sink. That was my wife.

Among these pioneers was the incredible Bertha Benz, to whom motorists owe a great deal. From the 1860s, steam, gas, petrol, and electric cars began to emerge in the workshops of inventors ...

Is Bertha Ringer getting a free ride into the Automotive Hall of Fame simply because she married the genius Karl Benz 144 years ago? Not at all. Bertha Benz earned her place in the Hall with one ...

Bertha “Mae” Benz Jan. 18, 1927 – June 18 ... Friends and Family are invited to a “Celebration of Life” to be held Sat., 6/23 at 1 p.m. at Vista Diablo Estates Clubhouse, 2901 ...

On Aug. 5, 1888, Bertha Benz ... a viable form of personal transportation. As Denise McCluggage put it on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Benz’s trip: “The people of Mannheim had ...

The evening of July 21, 2016, will forever be remembered by Mercedes-Benz historians as the time when Bertha Benz was finally inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame, approximately 32 years ...

In 2013, however, Mercedes carried out the first autonomous journey in everyday overland and city traffic with its "Bertha Benz" S 500 Intelligent Drive research vehicle, which is now being retired.

A painting of the famous road trip with Bertha Benz and sons Richard and Eugen in 1888.