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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

Carl Benz's wife, Bertha, without the knowledge of her husband, took a completed Motorwagen on a "test drive" with her son from Mannheim to Pforzheim, a journey of about 50 miles.

Bertha Benz Pushed The Automobile Toward Production. June 9, 2020 by Kristina Panos 25 Comments ... His 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen was the first automobile to generate its own power, ...