On 5 August 1888, she was the first person to drive an internal-combustion-engined automobile over a long distance, field testing the Benz Patent-Motorwagen, ...

Pioneer of the automobile: Bertha Benz, here a portrait of her as a young woman, helped pave the way for the spread of motorised vehicles.

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Posted: Mar 6, 2019

First Female Automotive Pioneer. ... Bertha Benz enabled her husband Carl Benz to run his own company and pursue his invention by providing the financial basis to ...

Carl Benz had completed his first Patent Motorwagen in 1885, but was struggling to market it to the public. It was Bertha's drive that would spark interest in ...

Apr 16, 2019 · They were to take the automobile on its very first long-distance journey – from their home in Mannheim to her mother's house in Pforzheim, 56 ...

Sep 15, 2022 · One of ten certified hand-made replicas of the original Dr. Carl Benz “Patent-Motorwagon” produced by Mercedes-Benz to commemorate the ...

Apr 17, 2024 · Bertha Benz was a German automotive pioneer who was instrumental in the development of the first engine-powered carriage, or automobile.

First car ride in the world - With hatpin, garter and 3 HP: Bertha Benz´drive into the future - The three of them on a long journey into the unknown ...

If Carl Benz is hailed as the progenitor of the automobile, it's only fitting to recognize his wife, Bertha, as its nurturing mother. Bertha's financial support ...