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Apr 24, 2024 · With hatpin, garter and 3 HP: Bertha Benz´drive into the future. On August 5, 1888, a woman heralded the era of the automobile: Without Bertha Benz, the history of mobility would have been different. On that day, she took her first longer trip by car.
Bertha Benz. Bertha Benz (née Cäcilie Bertha Ringer on May 3, 1849) played a decisive part in the development of the automobile. She supported her husband Carl Benz as best she could and, like him, firmly believed in the future of the automobile. Pioneer of the automobile: Bertha Benz, here a portrait of her as a young woman, helped pave the ...
Abstract-125 years after Bertha Benz completed the first overland journey in automotive history, the Mercedes Benz S-Class S 500 INTELLIGENT DRIVE followed the same route from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, in fully autonomous manner. The autonomous vehicle was equipped with close-to-production sensor hardware and relied solely on vision and radar sensors in combination with accurate digital ...
Apr 16, 2019 · This brave and ambitious woman helped to launch the world’s very first car. A scene from the film “Karl and Bertha”, where Bertha and her sons set off on their first car ride. A brilliant engineer and his brilliant wife. Bertha was born in 1849 in Pforzheim, Germany. She met Karl and as an independent woman, invested her own personal ...
Bertha Benz Memorial Route. This route commemorates a legend from back in the days when driving was still an adventure. This authentic route spanning 194 kilometres from Mannheim to Pforzheim via Heidelberg takes in plenty of stunning sights along the way. Married couple Carl and Bertha Benz are pioneers of automotive history.
Mar 4, 2022 · The first woman to be profiled is Bertha Benz, a German automotive pioneer and inventor. She was the business partner and wife of automobile inventor Carl Benz. On August 5, 1888, Bertha Benz was the first person to drive an automobile with an internal combustion engine over a long distance.
Mar 8, 2021 · Mercedes-Benz has told Bertha’s daring story twice via YouTube, the first time in 2018 in a video depicting Bertha making the trip alone (below), and again in 2019. Denied a higher education but still savvy and determined enough to leave her mark on the automotive industry and the world, Bertha Benz was proclaimed an “honorary senator” by ...
