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  • The first gasoline powered car was built in 1885 by Karl Benz. Before that, horseless carriages were powered by steam, coal or wind.

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    Ausbcomp.com

    Chevroncars.com

  • Before the colonies wrote the Declaration of Independence, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot drove a self-propelled vehicle in 1769. It was a military tractor powered by steam. He built a steam powered passenger vehicle in 1770 which carried four people. They were not pretty or fast but first. http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aacarssteama.htm

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