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jan 1, 1672 - Possibly the first working steam-powered vehicle

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Ferdinand Verbiest, a member of a Jesuit mission in China, built a steam-powered vehicle around 1672 as a toy for the Chinese Emperor. It was small scale and could not carry a driver but it was, quite possibly, the first working steam-powered vehicle ('auto-mobile')

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ByJames Smith
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jan 1, 1672
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~ 354 years ago
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