In fact, before Ben Ci, some people were already developing car engines and cars. The French newspaper reported the car invented by Renault as early as 1863. The speed was less than 8km /h, but it still ran 18km from Paris to Joveriboda.
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1886, Carl Benz made the world's first three-wheeled car powered by gasoline, and applied for a patent on June 29+65438 of the same year. Therefore, 65438+1October 29th is considered as the world automobile birth day, and 1886 is the world automobile birth year. The car is equipped with a horizontal single-cylinder two-stroke gasoline engine, with a volume of 785cc, 0.89 horsepower and a speed of 15 km/h. A car has a small front wheel and a large rear wheel. The starter is placed above the rear axle, and the power drives the rear wheel forward through the chain and gear.
Ben Ci's car is a tricycle, which has some characteristics of modern cars, such as spark ignition, water cooling cycle, steel tube frame, leaf spring suspension, rear wheel drive, front wheel steering and brake handle. However, the performance of the car is not perfect, the running speed, load capacity and climbing performance are not satisfactory, and it often breaks down while driving.
Karl friedrich benz (1844165438+1October 25th-1April 4th, 929), one of the founders of the famous German Daimler-Benz automobile company and one of the pioneers of modern automobile industry, is called "the father of automobiles" and "the originator of automobiles".
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Baidu encyclopedia-automobile development history