The first human-carrying electric vehicle with its own power source was tested along a Paris street in April 1881 by French inventor Gustave Trouvé

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The first human-carrying electric vehicle with its own power source was tested along a Paris street in April 1881 by French inventor Gustave Trouvé

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La Nature - 04/16/1881: revue des sciences et de leurs applications aux arts et à l'industrie : journal hebdomadaire illustré / rédacteur en chef Gaston Tissandier

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Automobile
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History of the automobile
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Who invented the first automobile?

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On January 29, 1886, Carl Benz applied for a patent for his “vehicle powered by a gas engine.” The patent – number 37435 – may be regarded as the birth certificate of the automobile. In July 1886 the newspapers reported on the first public outing of the three-wheeled Benz Patent Motor Car, model no. 1.

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