Benz patented the first gasoline-powered car ... Benz had built three prototypes of his Motor Car in private by 1888, when Bertha decided it was time for some press. Bertha took the latest ...

The engine had been in development throughout 1885, and the first ever motor car was ... was called the Benz Patent-Motorwagen. The patent was financed by Karl Benz's wife, Bertha, however under ...

The first practical gas-powered carriage was built ... He didn’t think it was ready for the road, and he was mostly right. Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife and business partner, believed in her ...

She gave his car "street cred ... the alcohol-based liquid needed for machinery such as the Benz motorwagen, and this was Bertha's first stop to refuel. The city of Stuttgart -- home to both ...

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Bertha Benz set off on her famous first long-distance automobile journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim. In doing so, the wife of Carl Benz demonstrated the suitability of the Benz patent motor car ...