1335 - Wind Powered Car
Guido Da Vigevano was personal physician of the queen of France, Joan I. For an envisaged crusade, he drew sketches of armoured chariots, wind-propelled carriages and siege engines.
He was also ...
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1897 Haynes-Apperson
Clouds of smoke rise around an 1897 Haynes-Apperson as its 2-cylinder engine is cranked to life. The vehicle, owned by George Holman, of Wilbraham , Massachusetts , is the oldest Haynes-Apperson...
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1899 - Jamais Contente
Camille Jenatzy (1868, Schaerbeek – 8 December 1913, Habay la Neuve)La Jamais Contente ("The Never Satisfied") was the first vehicle to go over 100 km/h (62 mph). It was an electric vehicle with a light alloy torpedo shaped bodywork, although the high position of...
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1951 - Wankel Engine
In 1951, the German engineer Felix Wankel began development of the engine at NSU Motorenwerke AG, where he first conceived his rotary engine in 1954 (DKM 54, Drehkolbenmotor). The so-called KKM 57 ...
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1804 - The Oruktor Amphibolos
The Oruktor Amphibolos
Oliver Evans' most famous device was the Oruktor Amphibolos, or "Amphibious Digger", built on commission from the city of Philadelphia who asked Evans to turn his talent...
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1897 - Bersey Electric Cab
The first horseless cab, the Bersey electric powered vehicle, appeared in 1897, was the first type of self-propelled cab licensed for hire in London. In total some seventy of these cabs were built....
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1873 - L'Obeissante
By Amédée-Ernest Bollée (1844-1917)Amédée père manufactured his first steam vehicle in 1873, and in 1875 his L'Obeissante (The Obedient) made the first road trip between Le Mans and Paris in 18 hours. L'Obeissante carried 12...
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1890 - Ransom's Steam Car
By 1890 Ransom Eli Olds had built two steam powered car. One was sold to a buyer in India, but the ship it was on was lost at sea.
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1899 - Daimler
This Daimler of 1899 was owned by Lionel Rothchild. The European design is much advanced of the American designs of the same time. Gottlieb Daimler took part in the London-to-Brighton run in 1896...
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1899 - Packard Old No. 01
The first Packard built by James Ward Packard in 1899 was this"Old No. 1," which Packard bequeathed to his alma mater, LehighUniversity in Pennsylvania .
The car had been sitting in the case...
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1901 - The Lohner-Porsche Mixte Hybrid
Still employed by Lohner, Porsche reached the logical conclusion and in 1901 introduced the "Mixte" vehicle/transmission concept: instead of a massive battery-pack, an internal combustion engine...
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1906 - Krieger
electric vehicleLouis Antoine Krieger (1868-1951), who began making horseless carriages in 1890s Paris, designed his own drive motors with a second set of parallel windings for regenerative braking. These were...
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1896 - Riker Electric Tricycle
In 1884 Andrew L. Riker dropped out of school and started experimenting with electric motors and a Coventry bicycle. The result was a two-passenger trike that had a 25 mile range using a series of ...
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1901 - New York Taxi Cab
Taxi Cab in New York about 1901, a battery electric vehicle (The lady in the picture is Lillie Langtry, actress and Mistress of King Edward VII.) (Photograph reproduced by permission of National...
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1899 - Lohner-Porsche Electric
Unveiled in 1898, the "System Lohner-Porsche", was a carriage-like car driven by two electric motors, directly fitted within the front wheel hubs, and powered by batteries. Since the motors were an...
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1897 - New York Electric Cabs
In 1897, electric vehicles found their first commercial application as a fleet of electrical New York City taxis, built by the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company of Philadelphia, was established.
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1894 - 1899 Electrobat
Electrobats were made for several years in Philadelphia. The first ones were very heavy and used steel tires to support a large lead battery. They employed twin 1.5 hp motors and had a top speed of...
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1896 - Henry Ford's First Car
In 1896, Henry Ford built his first car. By the end of the year Ford had sold his first car, which he called a Quadracycle, for $200 and used the money to build another one. With the financial...
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