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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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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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1895 - Lutzmann
J. A. Koosen and H. Lawson in a 1895 Lutzmann. This is typical of American design in the mid 1890's. It was truly a horseless carriage. Tiller steering, engine under the floorboards, very high...
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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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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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1907 - 1939 - Detroit Electric
Ad in 1912Detroit Electric (1907 - 1939) was an automobile brand produced by the Anderson Electric Car Company in Detroit, Michigan.
Anderson had previously been known as the Anderson Carriage Company...
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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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1893 - Jentaud Electric Car
The Jeantaud was a French automobile manufactured in Paris from 1893 until 1906. It was the brainchild of Charles Jeantaud, a coachbuilder who built his first electric carriage in 1881. Among the...
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1830 - Detroit Electric Car
Robert AndersonCarriage Built in 1830s Uses Non-Rechargeable Batteries
Robert Anderson built a crude electric carriage in the 1830s using non-rechargeable batteries. It eventually became the rechargeable...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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1784 - William Murdoch's Steam Carriage
An important invention for which William Murdoch's name is little known is Britain's first working model of a steam carriage, or road locomotive, in 1784. French engineer Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot had ...
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1801 - Puffing Devil
A replica of Richard Trevithick's road locomotiveTrevithick built a full-size steam road locomotive in 1801 on a site near the present day Fore Street at Camborne. He named the carriage 'Puffing Devil' and, on Christmas Eve that year, he...
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1879 - Marie-Anne
By Amédée-Ernest Bollée (1844-1917)Marie-Anne
The public demonstrations of L'Obeissante and La Mancelle had secured orders for the Bollée factory, and Amédée père accepted an order for a road train which was completed in 1879....
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1878 - La Mancelle
By Amédée-Ernest Bollée (1844-1917)La Mancelle
In 1878, Amédée père designed the Mancelle, which is regarded as the first automobile to be put into series production, 50 being manufactured in all. It possessed such (for the...
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