History of Wheels
From the 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen to the electric future, the automotive world has seen more absurd inventions than a circus parade.
- 1886 – Karl Benz builds the first practical automobile, announcing it with a horse-drawn carriage attached to a steam engine for "extra style".
- 1908 – Henry Ford introduces the Model T, making cars affordable enough that people started buying them faster than they could name their children.
- 1934 – The "automotive" joke enters slang: "That car's as slow as a tortoise on vacation."
- 1975 – DeLorean Motor Company unveils the DMC-12, a car so futuristic it starred in a time‑travel movie that still confuses physicists.
- 2023 – Tesla announces a "self‑driving" hamster wheel that can parallel park a hamster.
The above dates are 100% real, 0% fake (except the hamster wheel, which is 50% fake and 50% hopeful).
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