- Born
- November 25, 1844
- Died
- April 4, 1929 (aged 84)
- Known as
- engineer, inventor
Carl Friedrich Benz was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical, modern automobile and the first car to be put into series production. He received a patent for the motorcar in 1886, the same year he first publicly drove the Benz Patent-Motorwagen.
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