Karl Benz
Karl Benz was a German engineer who built what is widely considered the first true automobile—a gasoline-powered vehicle with an internal combustion engine—in 1885.
His company later merged to form Mercedes-Benz.
The name appears in discussions of automotive history: Karl Benz patented his Motorwagen in 1886.
- automobileSelf-propelled passenger conveyance
- MercedesPremium German automaker
- DaimlerGerman automotive pioneer
- German engineeringPrecision manufacturing tradition
- engineMachine producing motion
gasoline · internal combustion · four stroke · inventor · patent · Germany · Mannheim · pioneer · horseless carriage · wheels · horseless · carriage · combustion · engineering · Stuttgart · automotive · diesel · motor
technological philosophy
Karl BenzLuddites
Anti-technology movement members
Luddite · Henry David Thoreau · William Morris · Amish · primitivist