Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (26 February 1725 – 2 October 1804) was a French inventor who built the world's first full-size and working self-propelled mechanical land-vehicle, the "Fardier à vapeur" – effectively the world's first automobile. [1][a] He was born in Void-Vacon, Lorraine, (now department of Meuse), France. He trained as a military engineer.

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (born September 25, 1725, Void, France—died October 2, 1804, Paris) was a French military engineer who designed and built the world’s first true automobile —a huge, heavy, steam -powered tricycle. (Read James Watt’s 1819 Britannica essay on the steam engine.)

2001年4月1日 · Cugnot’s 1771 fardier features such up-to-date concepts as front-wheel drive and rack-and-pinion steering.

In 1771, Cugnot drove one of his road vehicles into a stone wall, making Cugnot the first person to get into a motor vehicle accident. This was the beginning of bad luck for the inventor. After one of Cugnot's patrons died and the other was exiled, the money for …

2013年7月31日 · Though it looked nothing like the modern cars you see on the road today, the very first accident involving an auto-mobile is said to be one involving the creation of French inventor, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot in 1771. Cugnot supposedly built the very first “self propelled mechanical vehicle” capable of carrying passengers. We added that extra ...

2021年12月14日 · In 1771, during a trial Cugnot drove one of his vehicles into a stone wall, giving the inventor the distinct honor of being the first person to get into a motor vehicle accident. The story goers that Cugnot was arrested and convicted …

2019年9月9日 · It was the very first self-propelled road vehicle and was taken by the French army as a military tractor to haul artillery at a whopping speed of 2 and 1/2 miles per hour. Due to a lack of technology at those times the automobile had to stop and take rest after every ten to fifteen minutes to build up steam power and to not overheat.

2020年10月3日 · It was around 1769-1771 when Nicolas–Joseph Cugnot build a self-propelled mechanical vehicle known as Fardier a vapeur. It was a steam-powered tricycle. Though it is a first of its kind, it shared plenty of problems like maintaining steam pressure and water supply.

The world's first self-propelled vehicle, that Nicolas Joseph Cugnot built for the parisian Military Arsenal in 1769.

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot demonstrating his steam-powered car to the Marquis de Monteynard, French Minister of War, 1771. Illustration from The Pageant of Transport Through the Ages, by WH Boulton (Sampson Low, Marston & Co, Ltd, London, c1931). Creator: English School (20th century) Artwork medium: lithograph: Credit: Look and Learn: Search stock ...