In 1769, the very first self-propelled road vehicle was a military tractor invented by French engineer and mechanic, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot (1725 - 1804). Cugnot used a steam engine to power...

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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is recognised as building the first self-propelled vehicle to transport man. Cugnot was at the time an engineer in the French Army.

Fascinating facts about the invention of the automobile by inventors Karl Benz, Amedee Bollee, Nicolas Joseph Cugnot, Gottlieb Daimler, Henry Ford, Wilhelm Maybach, and Ransom E. Olds. ... TO LEARN MORE

English: Vehicles by self-propelled vehicle pioneer Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built 1769 - 1771. (First vehicle was built in 1769, second was built in 1771...

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (26 February 1725 – 2 October 1804) was a French inventor. He is believed to have built the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle. This claim is disputed by some sources, however, which suggest that Ferdinand Verbiest, as a member of a Jesuit mission...

Cugnot, Nicolas Joseph (1725-1804). Inventor (c. 1770) of a steam-driven vehicle designed to pull artillery pieces at about walking pace. His idea perished for lack of official support.

The first car was steam powered and invented in 1769 by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, the car was not utilized by the masses until Henry Ford unveiled the affordable automobile by means of mass production...

Britannica online encyclopedia article on tricycle (vehicle), Most historians agree that Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot of France was the constructor of the first true automobile. ... 1769 Cugnot[Credits :

Steam-powered self-propelled cars were devised in the late 18th century. ... The first self-propelled car was built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in 1769, it could attain speeds of up to 6 km/h (3.7 mi/h).