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His father died when he was two and his mother raised him alone.
She made sure he got a good education.
He enrolled in Karlsruhe Polytechnic when he was 15, and he graduated in 1864.
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Ritter was an unreliable business partner, so Benz used the dowry of his bride, Bertha Ringer, to buy him out.
Bertha Benz made history when she took the first long-distance car journey in 1888.
She is also known as the first female motorist. Carl and Bertha had five children.
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The company focused on stationary engines, but Benz never gave up on his goal of building a motorcar.
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The Motorwagen had a gas-powered internal combustion engine and three wheels. It could carry two people.
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Benz was granted patent No. 37435 for his automobile a year later.
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Other horseless carriages during that time were simply carts and carriages with an engine attached to them.
He gifted Model No. 1 to the German Museum in 1906.
Model No. 3 was the car Bertha Benz drove during her historic long-distance trip.
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He started making four-wheeled vehicles in 1893. He produced 1200 units of the “Velo,” a motor velocipede, between 1894 and 1901.
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The model is the world's first series-produced car.
Not only were their cars less expensive, but they also delivered more horsepower.
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Daimler-Benz went on to manufacture Mercedes-Benz vehicles.
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Today, Mercedes-Benz is known as the number one luxury car brand in the world.
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