What is History of the automobile?
[[File:Rétromobile 2011 - Fardier de Cugnot - 006.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{Center|Steam-powered vehicle built by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot}}]] The early '''history of the automobile''' can be divided into a number of eras, based on the method of [[wikt:propulsion|propulsion]]. Later periods were defined by trends in exterior [[styling]], size, and utility preferences. The question of who invented the first automobile depends on how automobiles are defined.<ref name=whoLOC>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/auto.html |title=Who invented the automobile? |website=Everyday Mysteries |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=15 November 2016}}</ref> == Early pioneers == [[File:1885Benz.jpg|thumb|left|200px|{{Center|1886 [[Benz Patent-Motorwagen]]}}]] * In 1769 the first steam-powered automobile capable of [[transport]]ing people was built by [[Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot]].<ref>Erik Eckermann, ''World History of the Automobile'' (Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers, 2001), p. 14</ref> * In 1807 [[François Isaac de Rivaz]] designed the first [[hydrogen]]-powered [[internal combustion engine]].<ref name=Linde136>Arvid Linde, ''Preston Tucker and Others: Tales of Brilliant Automotive Innovators & innovations'' (Dorchester, England: Veloce, 2011), p. 136</ref> In 1813 he built a car {{convert|6|m}} long and weighing over {{convert|1|MT}}.<ref name=Linde136/> * Between 1832 and 1839, [[Robert Anderson]] built the first electric-powered [[carriage]] in [[Scotland]].<ref name=whoLOC/> * In 1864 [[Siegfried Marcus]] built the first [[gasoline]] powered [[internal combustion engine]]. In 1870 he placed it on a pushcart making it the first four wheeled gasoline-powered vehicle.<ref name=Weissenbacher378>Manfred Weissenbacher, ''Sources of Power: How Energy Forges Human History'' (Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2009), p. 378</ref> He built four more combustion-engine cars over a 10-to-15-year span that influenced later cars. Marcus created the two-cycle combustion engine. The car's second version in