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We may not have flying cars quite yet, but the ground-bound automobile is the world’s second most popular mode of transportation (behind the bicycle). Many think Henry Ford invented the car, but that isn’t correct. While Ford certainly made the automobile affordable for the middle-class, it was actually a German engineer with a familiar name that invented the first commercially [...]

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Bertha Benz, the wife of inventor Karl Benz, was the first person to drive an automobile over a long distance.  In early August 1888, Bertha and her two teenage sons, Richard and Eugen, hatched a plan to take the Motorwagen on a surprise visit to her mother in Pforzheim, Germany. The trio drove from their home in Mannheim to Pforzheim and back, a total distance of 65 miles.  Bertha Benz passed away on May 5, 1944, at the age of 95, in Ladenburg, Germany. Benz Patent Motorwagen, Paris Photo, Photo Vintage, Coney Island, First Car, Yokohama, Vintage Photographs, Tricycle, Vintage Photography

Bertha Benz, the wife of inventor Karl Benz, was the first person to drive an automobile over a long distance. In early August 1888, Bertha and her two teenage sons, Richard and Eugen, hatched a plan to take the Motorwagen on a surprise visit to her mother in Pforzheim, Germany. The trio drove from their home in Mannheim to Pforzheim and back, a total distance of 65 miles. Bertha Benz passed away on May 5, 1944, at the age of 95, in Ladenburg, Germany.

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