The F-CELL Roadster, a fuel cell powered car, recently covered a small section of the Bertha Benz memorial route, the first long-distance journey in automobile history in August, 1888. Over the ...

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 ...

The Bertha Benz Memorial Route was established in 2008, and drivers can follow signs outlining her path from Mannheim to Pforzheim. Sounds like a good road trip to us.

The route includes a visit to the "first gas station in the world" in Heilbronn, where Bertha purchased ligroin. This route celebrates Bertha Benz’s contribution to the automotive industry and ...

You can still drive the Bertha Benz Memorial Route today, but it’ll take you about an hour as opposed to the 12 it took Bertha—though, presumably, you won’t be making stops to make MacGyver ...

In August 1888, Bertha Benz – the wife of Carl Benz - and her two sons completed the world's first long distance drive (104 km/65 miles) in the Benz Patent Motorwagen – arguably the first ...

She covered the distance, now known as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route, in about 12 hours. Her purpose was to draw attention to the invention, which she certainly did. Upon arriving at her mom's ...

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.

• Best first cars. We got behind the wheel of Nissan’s latest Leaf, which has a claimed all-electric range of 155 miles – enough to complete the Bertha Benz Memorial Route without stopping.

As for Bertha, she lived until 1944, dying at the grand old age of 95. Today you can go to Mannheim and retrace her steps by following the signs of the Bertha Benz Memorial Route.

(Interested parties can trace their travels via the Bertha Benz Memorial Route in Baden-Württemberg.) Eventually, Benz would connect with Gottlieb Daimler—who also had a motorized carriage in ...