In 1672, the Belgian missionary Ferdinand Verbiest created a steam-powered mechanical device in Beijing, a three-wheeled steam vehicle mounted on a horse-drawn carriage.
In 1769, French engineer Nicholas Cugnot built a three-wheeled steam vehicle in the Bois de Vincennes Park in Paris.
In 1781, British inventor James Watt improved the steam engine.
In 1801, French chemist Philips Lebon successfully developed a two-stroke engine using coal gas and hydrogen as fuel.
In 1840, David Dick designed and manufactured the first steam car. In 1866, German engineer Nikolaus Otto invented the four-stroke engine.
In 1885, German engineer Karl Benz built a gasoline engine device in Mannheim. The three-wheeled vehicle mounted on a horse-drawn carriage had a 0.85-horsepower gasoline engine.
On January 29, 1886, Carl Benz obtained the world's first automobile engine patent. In July of the same year, the world's first four-wheeled vehicle was officially sold.
In 1888, French bicycle businessman Emile Roger obtained a license from Benz and began producing commercial vehicles.
In 1986, the international automobile industry recommended Germany's Daimler Benz to host the International Automobile Centenary Christmas Ceremony, and recognized that the inventor of the car was Karl Benz, the founder of Benz. gentlemen. Therefore, people generally consider 1886 as the year of the birth of the automobile.