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Who built the first gasoline-powered car?

In 1887 the German engineer Gustav Daimler (1834-1900) built the first car powered by a gasoline engine invented by Nikolaus Otto (1832-1891). The air-cooled single cylinder of this engine made 900 strokes per minute.

In 1908, Henry Ford (1873-1947) in the United States began to produce the first serial model of a car of this type called the Ford T.

Author: Mendeleev V.A.

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