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    Bertha Benz. Bertha Benz ( German: [ˈbɛʁta ˈbɛnts] ⓘ; née Cäcilie Bertha Ringer; 3 May 1849 – 5 May 1944) was a German automotive pioneer. She was the business partner, investor and wife of automobile inventor Karl Benz. On 5 August 1888, she was the first person to drive an internal-combustion-engined automobile over a long distance ...

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    • First person in history to drive an automobile over a long distance
    • Johann Benz (father-in-law), Josephine Benz (mother-in-law)
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  2. May 1, 2015 · The road trip stunt had the intended effect: The Benz business started thriving. The trip also helped Benz hone his invention; when Bertha reported back about the car’s struggle to get up steep ...

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  3. Aug 12, 2010 · Aug 12, 2010 7:00 AM. Aug. 12, 1888: Road Trip! Berta Takes the Benz. 1888: Berta Benz, wife of inventor Karl Benz, takes her husband’s car on the first documented road trip in an automobile ...

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  5. Apr 19, 2024 · The "first historical road trip" refers to the pioneering journey from Mannheim to Pforzheim in Germany, a distance of 106 km (66 miles) undertaken by Bertha Benz, the wife of Karl Benz, in August 1888, which is broadly considered the first long-distance trip made using an automobile. This journey holds a significant place in automotive history ...

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  6. May 24, 2021 · Automobiles have come a long way in the 120 years since Karl Benz, founder of Mercedes-Benz, applied for his vehicle powered by a gas engine. Even after Benz did create the first automobile, a long journey was still a long way off. That was until his wife, Bertha Benz, decided to take their car and visit another part of Germany.

  7. Feb 28, 2018 · One morning, Benz’s wife Bertha decided to take the car on its first extended road trip. With her two sons, she pushed the car out of the garage, until it was far enough from the house that they ...

  8. Bertha Benz Memorial Route. The Bertha Benz Memorial Route is a German tourist and theme route in Baden-Württemberg [1] and member of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. [2] It opened in 2008 and follows the tracks of the world's first long distance road trip by a vehicle powered with an internal combustion engine, in 1888.

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