On July 3, 1886, mechanical engineer Karl Benz drove the first automobile in Mannheim, Germany, reaching a top speed of 16 km/h (10 mph). The automobile was powered by a 0.75-hp one-cylinder ...

Interestingly enough, the three-wheel replicas deviate significantly from the patent drawings registered by Carl Benz on January 29, 1886. The notable discrepancies are in the layout of the frame ...

A guy named Karl Benz recently filed a patent for this here contraption, something he's calling a "Motorwagen." Read about the 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen in this first drive article brought to ...

On this day in 1886 Karl Benz, along with his wife Bertha, patented their Benz Patent-Motorwagen, with a new and revolutionary power source – the internal combustion engine.

Against the bustling backdrop of the New York auto show, Mercedes-Benz introduced a vehicle that it says celebrates its humble roots—in 1886, when Karl Benz is credited with inventing the ...

Karl Benz invented it early in 1886, shortly before Gottlieb Daimler did the same. The two joined forces, and the rest, as they say, is history – not only of the company, but of the automobile ...

Like Audi and Tesla, Mercedes-Benz has an electric crossover too. EQC deliveries may be scheduled for June 2019 for Europe, but Daimler AG is already looking forward to the future and the U.S ...

Mercedes-Benz EQC Edition 1886 revealed. Special-edition EQC gets cosmetic tweaks and added kit; production to be limited. Published On Apr 25, 2019 07:00:00 AM ...

The Benz Patent-Motorwagen was the world’s first internal combustion production car, its name inspired by the fact Karl Benz received the German patent for this radical new invention in 1886.

Back in 1886, a man named Karl Benz received what is regarded as the first patent for a car -- the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. That car, of course, eventually led to Daimler-Benz and thus the Mercedes ...

Karl Benz, a German engineer, is widely known because of the car company that still bears his name. But many people don’t know the story behind how he developed and refined an invention that would go ...