Comments by "EebstertheGreat" (@EebstertheGreat) on "World's First Car!" video.

  1. Josef Božek built a working steam-powered car in 1816, seventy years before this "world's first car." By the early 1830s, London had steam-powered buses for public transit, which saw huge cost and quality improvements over horse-drawn carriages. Development continued through the middle of the 19th century in both England and the U.S., but at least by 1871, the suitably-named John Wesley Carhart had invented a working car that could drive on public roads, not on tracks. On July 16, 1878, a steam-powered car from Oshkosh completed a 201 mile race in less than 33 and a half hours, which far outpaced anything animals could achieve. And in 1881, Gustave Trouvé demonstrated a practical electric tricycle in Paris. Whatever you think of Édouard Delamare-Deboutteville, it seems like calling this the "World's First Car" is an exaggeration. This is (arguably) the first practical gasoline-powered car, but electric and steam cars definitely preceded it.
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