The first steam-powered vehicles date back to the late 18th century, but it was 100 years later that the automobile was truly ...

Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife and business partner ... If she hadn’t taken it out for a secret, illegal joyride, the Motorwagen may have never left the garage. Cäcilie Bertha Ringer was born ...

In 1888, only apothecaries carried the alcohol-based liquid needed for machinery such as the Benz motorwagen, and this was Bertha's first stop to refuel. The city of Stuttgart -- home to both ...

Bertha Benz was already a significant figure in the automotive industry. She invented brake pads and financed the development of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, the world’s first automobilem ...

On this day in 1886 Karl Benz patented the first internal combustion engine on a motor car. The engine had been in development throughout 1885, and the first ever motor car was available for sale ...

Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife and business partner ... If she hadn’t taken it out for a secret, illegal joyride, the Motorwagen may have never left the garage.

Benz Patent-Motorwagen, which is hailed as the first ... with a total power output of about ⅔ horsepower. Carl's wife Bertha made its first test drive, covering the 66-mile journey from ...