If it wasn't for this woman, we probably wouldn't have the world's first car in the 1880s
When it comes to the automobile world, specifically cars, we often hear the names of male founders or engineers who have been credited as the field's pioneers. However, the world forgets that it was a woman whose brave effort kick-started the world of cars.
This is the tale of Bertha Benz, wife of inventor Carl Benz, who did an unthinkable thing on August 8, 1888.
Carl Benz was working on the world's first internal combustion engine car. The first two models worked, and he finally made the third one, Model III. However, it had not been tested enough.
On August 8, Bertha Benz, Carl Benz's wife and business partner, took the Model III without Benz's knowledge and went on a 65-mile drive with their two sons, Richard and Eugen.
Back then, when motorised vehicles were not a thing, authorisation was required to conduct such tests on paved paths, but Bertha simply did not care.
Based on that drive, Carl Benz collected valuable feedback from Bertha about performance, safety, and comfort. Finally, the world got its first-ever ICE-powered practical car, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen.
