History of the car

And of course, you now ask, when did the first car appear? It all depends on whether we consider a moving vehicle with or without a driver to be a car. If a car can be without a driver, then the first car in the world is the steam cart of Ferdinand Verbiest, and if the car still has to be with a driver, then the Cugnot Small Cart.

Steam powered cars

Car of Ferdinand Verbiest

Ferdinand Verbiest a member of the Jesuit community in China, in 1672 he built the first car as a toy for the emperor of China. It was a steam cart without a driver that could run on one refueling of coal for more than an hour. And it is the car built by Ferdinand Verbiest that is considered the beginning of the history of the car.

Car of Nicholas Joseph Cugnot

Nicolas Joseph Cugnot The French inventor, engineer, in 1769 built the first car with a driver - the Small Cart of Kyuno. The car was powered by a steam engine and is considered the predecessor of not only a car, but also a steam locomotive. The car was on three wooden wheels, with a small steam boiler. The tests were carried out on on the streets of Paris in 1770, Cugnot's car was too heavy to drive and crashed into a wall in what is considered the first accident involving a car in history.

Car of William Murdoch

William Murdoch British mechanic, inventor. Scot by origin. In 1784, he built a model of a steam carriage in Redruth.

Car of Richard Trevithick

Richard Trevithick British inventor. In 1801 he built a road steam carriage - the London steam carriage.

Car of Joseph Božek

Josef Božek Professor of the Prague Polytechnic, in 1815 built a steam car using liquid fuel

Oliver Evans first ever car patent

Oliver Evans an American design engineer, in 1789 he received the first ever patent for a car in the United States. The Evans steam car was not only the first car in the United States, but also the first amphibious car, as it was able to travel on wheels on land and by means of blades on the water.