Who invented the gasoline car. The history of the creation of cars. The predecessors of the car. What the car got from them

Millions of cars are on the planet. The sound of the engine is as familiar as the sun in the sky. But, where did the history of the car begin? Today, within the framework of the special project "The Birth of a Legend", we will tell you about how did the cars appear and who created them.

History of the first cars

Today we know that the first cars appeared in 1768... It was then that steam powered vehicles, capable of transporting a person (and sometimes two) without the help of horses. Already in 1806, inventors turned their attention to internal combustion engines... However, the first gasoline engine was destined to appear only in 1885 year.

The history of the first cars driven by electric motors turned out to be rather tortuous and controversial.. The first models appeared at the very beginning of the twentieth century.... At first, they made a real sensation, and after two years the public's interest in them dried up - the speed is small, and the thrust is insignificant in comparison with other engines. But, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, everyone again became interested in electric motors, in the calculation to find a safe, low-toxic and environmentally friendly form of energy for the car.

Who Invented the Machine: Pioneers

Something similar to the first car was invented by a simple serf Leonty Shamshurenkov who lives in Nizhny Novgorod. On November 1, 1752, his invention was presented in the capital Russian Empire- St. Petersburg... A self-propelled four-wheeled carriage could accelerate to fifteen kilometers per hour and carry two people. The inventor presented to the public the first tracker of the distance traveled, the so-called verstometer.

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