1860, Lionel, a French electrical engineer, made the first gas engine that ignited gas with electric spark. 1862, French electrical engineer Lionel invented the two-stroke internal combustion engine. Others began to study the four-stroke engine.
1867, German engineer Nikos Otto (1832- 189 1) successfully developed the world's first reciprocating piston four-stroke gas engine. 1876, Kauros Otto made the first four-stroke internal combustion engine, and made a single-cylinder horizontal 3 kW internal combustion engine with a compression ratio of 2.5.
1885, this is the moment when the real modern car was born. This year, German engineer karl benz built a tricycle with a 0.85 horsepower gasoline engine in Mannheim. This car with internal combustion engine is considered to be the real first car in the world, because it is the first car powered by gasoline, not a steam engine.
1886, mannheim patent office approved karl benz to apply for a patent for the tricycle he successfully developed in 1885. This day is called the birth day of modern automobile by most people. The following year, Daimler of Germany made the world's first four-wheel car. Later, Kauros Otto, a German, announced that he would give up the patent of the four-stroke engine, and anyone could make it as needed.
1886 65438+1On October 29th, karl benz won the world's first automobile engine patent. In July of the same year, the world's first four-wheeled car was officially sold. 1888, Emile Rogers, a French bicycle dealer, obtained the license from Mercedes-Benz to start producing commercial vehicles.
Above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Cars