Cars and mobility - Mobility history - Automotive history
Which engineer received the 1886 patent for a three-wheeled motor car regarded as one of the first practical automobiles?
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On January 29, 1886, Karl, also known as Carl, Benz applied for a patent for his “vehicle powered by a gas engine”; the patent specification is numbered DRP 37435. Completed in 1885, the Benz Patent Motor Car was designed as a lightweight, independently conceived vehicle with a gasoline engine, tubular steel frame, and three wire-spoked wheels. Newspapers reported the first public outing of the three-wheeled motor car in July 1886. Gottlieb Daimler was developing his own motorized vehicle at the same time, but the patent application meant here belongs to Benz.
