Bertha Benz changed automotive history by packing her two teenage sons into a car and driving to her mother’s house. It doesn’t exactly sound impressive, but the year was 1888. A 65-mile road ...

Her husband, Carl Benz, was the German car engineer who created what would one day become Mercedes-Benz. According to that very same car company , Bertha, born in 1849, married Carl when she was 23.

So, in honor of women, I'd like to talk about one woman who's been a hero of mine for many years: Bertha Benz, the first person to take a real road trip in a private, petroleum-powered car.

Related: This Picturesque Road Trip Is the Most-searched Route in the U.S. — and It Passes by Mountains and Beaches "Bertha Benz resolutely took the driving seat of the Patent Motor Car herself ...

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 ...

When Bertha Benz drove off in husband Carl's motorized invention 125 years ago, she had no idea she would be driving into history. Hers was the world's first long-distance drive and the first ...

Its journey took it along the same 100-km (62-mi) route from Mannheim to Pforzheim in Germany that Bertha Benz drove in 1888 and showed that self-driving cars weren't just a pipe dream, but were ...

Gottlieb Daimler didn’t live to see his company merge with Benz’s in 1926, but Carl Benz did; he died three years later. Bertha died in 1944 at the age of 95.

A new virtual reality experience is set to be launched, spotlighting the untold story of Bertha Benz, who was the groundbreaking female automotive pioneer who embarked on the world’s first road ...

Bertha Benz may just be the coolest road tripper to ever drive this planet. This Badass Woman Took the World’s First Road Trip—and Stole Her Husband's Car to Do It Skip to main content ...

Related: This Picturesque Road Trip Is the Most-searched Route in the U.S. — and It Passes by Mountains and Beaches "Bertha Benz resolutely took the driving seat of the Patent Motor Car herself ...