As a random one-word answer to this question, people would roll out several answers and comments. The truth is that there is not one, but several inventors of the automobile, the first one being Leonardo Da Vinci, who made the first blueprint for the automobile. The following table of inventors would give a brief answer to the question, "Who invented the automobile and when?".
Name of Inventor Year of Release Description Country/Region of Origin
Leonardo Da Vinci Unknown drawings and plans Italy
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot 1769 steam propulsion invented for French Army, three wheeled France
Robert Anderson 1885/86 electric propulsion Scotland
Karl Friedrich Benz 1885/86 gasoline propulsion, internal combustion engine Germany
Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach 1886 gasoline propulsion, internal combustion, four stroke engine Germany
George Baldwin Selden 1876/95 gasoline propulsion United States
Charles and Frank Duryea 1893 gasoline propulsion, first commercially manufactured automobile United States
Who Invented the Automobile: FAQ
From the above table, you must have realized that the automobile is an invention that has been molded by many scientists, who put their signatures on their individual inventions. The following is a small set of frequently asked questions about the automobile industry.
Q: Who invented the automobile engine?
A: Karl Friedrich Benz invented the first internal combustion engine, that was light enough to fit an automobile and powerful enough to propel it. The first steam engine that was used on a car was made by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot.
Q: Which was the first automobile accident?
A: Again there are two answers to this question. The first automobile accident involving an automobile propelled by an internal combustion engine took place in 1891 Ohio, when Lambert and James Swoveland were injured after their car hit a tree. The accident that involved a steam propelled automobile resulted into the death of scientist Mary Ward in the year 1869.
Q: Who invented the world's first, vertical, four step automobile engine?
A: Gottlieb Daimler
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