TIL Siegfried Marcus invented the first automobile propelled by a gas engine (1864). The Nazi's tried to hide erase this from history and credited Carl Benz in his place. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by Automite t3_zwz6ah on December 28, 2022 at 3:35 AM in todayilearned 6 comments 177
eairy t1_j1ymnj8 wrote on December 28, 2022 at 10:42 AM For anyone wondering if this is American gas or an actual gas engine: > The internal combustion engine was designed for liquid combustibles and made him the first to propel a vehicle by means of petrol. Permalink 2
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