The First Car Ever Made

Finding out who invented the car is a challenging and difficult work, and identifying the person responsible for it is a complex task. As there is not a precise definition of what a "car" is, there is a lot of debate around this question.

The history of the automobile started in 1769, when Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot, a French inventor, built the first self-propelled vehicle. A steam-powered vehicle capable of human transportation, but moved at a walking pace (2 mph or 3.2 km/h) and had to stop every 20 minutes to build a new head of steam. Later, in 1807, François Isaac de Rivaz, a Swiss inventor, designed the first internal combustion engine, and used it to develop the world's first vehicle to be powered by such an engine. In 1881, French inventor Gustave Trouvé created the world's first electric vehicle. It was powered by a Siemens electric motor and used a rechargeable battery.
The early automobile history focused primarily on searching for a reliable portable power unit to propel the vehicle.

In 1886, German engine designer and automotive engineer Karl Benz, built the "Benz Patent-Motorwagen", the car most often identified as the first ever. The Benz Patent-Motorwagen was a motor tricycle with a 954 cc single-cylinder four-stroke engine mounted at the rear that produced (0.75 hp) at 250 rpm.
This car is considered to be the first ever because it was practical, marketable, was the first car to be manufactured in serial production and used a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine for everyday use.