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jan 1, 1769 - The first steam-powered car.

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A French inventor by the name of Nickolas Cugnot, invented the first working self-propelled road vehicle. Steam would be converted into spinning and piston movement that would power the vehicle.

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jan 1, 1769
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~ 257 years ago