Tell me about the history of automobiles.

>>2463870
The first automobile was invented in 1769 by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, but it was a unique model
Then Karl Benz a century later improved his design and was the first one to put automobiles on the market
And then Ford was the first one to sell cars en mass

>>2463898
this

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Invented by Leonardo Da Vinci: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%27s_self-propelled_cart

It is also considered the first robot. He invented the first humanoid robot together with it as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%27s_robot

>>2463978
Thinking of something =/= inventing it
Da Vinci never built it

>>2463983
He did though. It was displayed at theatrical presentations. He displayed his robot to the duke of Milan as well.

>>2463996
Nah, the "robot" was built but not the cart
Only recently built small replica exists

>>2464018
The wiki article doesn't mention it, but his cart was indeed displayed at local theatres. It didn't have much use aside from that. That's why it didn't become widespread. Here's it in motion. It's built according to his design and it works perfectly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2qeZrejZp0