Benz 1888 The first American gasoline-powered car was designed and built in 1893 by bicycle mechanics Charles and Frank Duryea in Springfield, Massachusetts. The brothers purchased a used horse-drawn buggy for $70 and installed a 4 horsepower, single-cylinder gasoline engine. The car was first test-driven on the Howard Bemis farm in Chicopee, Massachusetts on September 21, 1893. The Duryea brothers went on to win the first American car race in 1895 and sold the first American-made gasoline car in 1896.
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Benz 1888
The first American gasoline-powered car was designed and built in 1893 by bicycle mechanics Charles and Frank Duryea in Springfield, Massachusetts. The brothers purchased a used horse-drawn buggy for $70 and installed a 4 horsepower, single-cylinder gasoline engine. The car was first test-driven on the Howard Bemis farm in Chicopee, Massachusetts on September 21, 1893. The Duryea brothers went on to win the first American car race in 1895 and sold the first American-made gasoline car in 1896.
Cool headstone 🪦
I suppose it's safe to say " first mass produced " car?
Henry ford didn't invent the automotive assembly line.ramson olds did
I have his grave also
Agreed
Yeah so many people get that context so wrong throughout history. They also think he invented the first car as well lol