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style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.7751937984496124% 0.7751937984496124% 0.7751937984496124% 0.7751937984496124% \/ 3.6363636363636362% 3.6363636363636362% 3.6363636363636362% 3.6363636363636362%\" id=\"el-058f8718-87ba-43d8-9b9a-b206becdd41f\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.21395348837209288% 0;font-family:\"Karla\",sans-serif;font-size:0.258900em;line-height:1.1;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"color: #fff\">Bertha Benz made history when she took the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #dbfff3\">first long-distance car journey<\/span><span style=\"color: #fff\"> in 1888.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:16.50485%;top:86.08414%;width:65.04854%;height:8.73786%;opacity:1\">\n<div 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Carl and Bertha had five children.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:18.68932%;top:98.7055%;width:62.86408%;height:2.10356%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.7722007722007722% 0.7722007722007722% 0.7722007722007722% 0.7722007722007722% \/ 15.384615384615385% 15.384615384615385% 15.384615384615385% 15.384615384615385%\" id=\"el-25acdf0c-c95b-4177-82f7-411385d189c5\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:-0.06583011583011569% 0;font-family:\"Karla\",sans-serif;font-size:0.177994em;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"color: #cacaca\">Image Credit: Wikimedia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page 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style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-cfc2a309-b828-4916-b6fb-54a8c767ceea\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:scale(0.3333333333333333)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.7575757575757576% 0.7575757575757576% 0.7575757575757576% 0.7575757575757576% \/ 4.081632653061225% 4.081632653061225% 4.081632653061225% 4.081632653061225%\" id=\"el-c7f37965-0293-4b1e-b495-af64f55d6da4\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.2874999999999995% 0;font-family:\"Karla\",sans-serif;font-size:0.355987em;line-height:1.1;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span>In 1885, Benz invented the <span style=\"font-weight: 700\">world&rsquo;s first motorcar<\/span>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:18.20388%;top:27.6699%;width:64.32039%;height:11.48867%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-4123fcad-6eeb-4c28-987e-f513ba09b61a\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.7547169811320755% 0.7547169811320755% 0.7547169811320755% 0.7547169811320755% \/ 2.8169014084507045% 2.8169014084507045% 2.8169014084507045% 2.8169014084507045%\" id=\"el-efdf02ab-2b82-443d-9576-2cbfaa567e80\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.20830188679245268% 0;font-family:\"Karla\",sans-serif;font-size:0.258900em;line-height:1.1;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span>The <span style=\"font-weight: 700\">Motorwagen<\/span> had a gas-powered internal combustion engine and three wheels. It could carry two people.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:18.68932%;top:98.7055%;width:62.86408%;height:2.10356%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.7722007722007722% 0.7722007722007722% 0.7722007722007722% 0.7722007722007722% \/ 15.384615384615385% 15.384615384615385% 15.384615384615385% 15.384615384615385%\" id=\"el-fa719330-f926-42b0-9768-86a0c68b66b2\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:-0.06583011583011569% 0;font-family:\"Karla\",sans-serif;font-size:0.177994em;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"color: #cacaca\">Image Credit: Wikimedia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div 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his automobile a year later.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"83a11e61-d95c-4d97-b3ec-9f99267068d5\" auto-advance-after=\"10s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-d2689dc6-8add-4f40-9d77-94d4762c2986 [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(-58.56933607968312%, 0, 0)\",\"translate3d(0%, 0, 0)\"]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":3000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-3b933093-eb50-4172-8916-5585e5990d65\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":600,\"duration\":600,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation 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style=\"background-image:radial-gradient(ellipse 67% 67%, rgba(0,0,0,0) 0%, rgba(0,0,0,0.6) 100%)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\">\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:13.34951%;top:6.79612%;width:72.08738%;height:13.1068%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-3b933093-eb50-4172-8916-5585e5990d65\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-561a9776-ce5b-402d-995a-5e3b0c1ca92c\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(120.20202%, 0px, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.6734006734006733% 0.6734006734006733% 0.6734006734006733% 0.6734006734006733% \/ 2.4691358024691357% 2.4691358024691357% 2.4691358024691357% 2.4691358024691357%\" id=\"el-080d2685-b658-48ee-a22f-60fb1d6b5f05\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.2787878787878786% 0;font-family:\"Karla\",sans-serif;font-size:0.388350em;line-height:1.1;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"color: #fff\">The Motorwagen stood out because <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #dbfff3\">it was built around its engine<\/span><span style=\"color: #dbfff3\">.<\/span><span style=\"color: #fff\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:18.68932%;top:98.7055%;width:62.86408%;height:2.10356%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.7722007722007722% 0.7722007722007722% 0.7722007722007722% 0.7722007722007722% \/ 15.384615384615385% 15.384615384615385% 15.384615384615385% 15.384615384615385%\" id=\"el-ebd06afd-80ec-435e-8b78-4bbeb085bb8a\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:-0.06583011583011569% 0;font-family:\"Karla\",sans-serif;font-size:0.177994em;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"color: #cacaca\">Image Credit: Wikimedia<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:13.59223%;top:80.09709%;width:71.84466%;height:8.73786%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-a2436a8e-ee94-4606-93aa-c1da4c032203\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.6756756756756757% 0.6756756756756757% 0.6756756756756757% 0.6756756756756757% \/ 3.7037037037037033% 3.7037037037037033% 3.7037037037037033% 3.7037037037037033%\" id=\"el-1be05117-7850-450f-8284-93401aa26a2d\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.18648648648648636% 0;font-family:\"Karla\",sans-serif;font-size:0.258900em;line-height:1.1;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"color: #fff\">Other horseless carriages during that time were simply carts and carriages with an engine attached to them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"c7d1382f-8958-457e-894b-78f23e74342c\" auto-advance-after=\"10s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-a21e3224-2a52-4604-91ea-b8b54b0dcdca\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":2500,\"duration\":600,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-abf0ccd6-b594-494e-8537-e4251a2ebb81\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":3500,\"duration\":600,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script 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src=\"https:\/\/cld.partsimg.com\/image\/upload\/c_pad,f_auto,q_auto,dpr_auto\/carparts\/blog\/web-stories\/carl-benz\/general-template-brown\" alt=\"general-template-brown\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\">\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:8.49515%;top:48.54369%;width:80.09709%;height:55.17799%;transform:rotate(1deg);opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-ccba84d1-c027-46ad-a39b-d3f99c4c1051\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-45a460f8-da9d-4a7e-b250-f90255dac0c0\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:106.4304%;left:0%;top:-3.2152%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/cld.partsimg.com\/image\/upload\/c_pad,f_auto,q_auto,dpr_auto\/carparts\/blog\/web-stories\/carl-benz\/general-paper-large\" alt=\"general-paper-large\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:17.23301%;top:55.82524%;width:64.07767%;height:13.1068%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-a21e3224-2a52-4604-91ea-b8b54b0dcdca\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.7575757575757576% 0.7575757575757576% 0.7575757575757576% 0.7575757575757576% \/ 2.4691358024691357% 2.4691358024691357% 2.4691358024691357% 2.4691358024691357%\" id=\"el-c37dc6e0-64eb-4f34-b36f-8568155dae33\">\n<h3 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.31363636363636344% 0;font-family:\"Karla\",sans-serif;font-size:0.388350em;line-height:1.1;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span>Between 1885 and 1887, Benz designed <span style=\"font-weight: 700\">three variations<\/span> of the car.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:17.23301%;top:72.16828%;width:64.07767%;height:5.82524%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-abf0ccd6-b594-494e-8537-e4251a2ebb81\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.7575757575757576% 0.7575757575757576% 0.7575757575757576% 0.7575757575757576% \/ 5.555555555555555% 5.555555555555555% 5.555555555555555% 5.555555555555555%\" id=\"el-15981ed2-b7e8-4b72-a435-352909c24fb2\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.20909090909090894% 0;font-family:\"Karla\",sans-serif;font-size:0.258900em;line-height:1.1;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span>He gifted Model No. 1 to the German Museum in 1906.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:17.23301%;top:81.06796%;width:64.07767%;height:8.57605%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-efee3087-4392-4fb4-8128-2b5316cb2644\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.7575757575757576% 0.7575757575757576% 0.7575757575757576% 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He produced <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 800; color: #fff\">1200 units of the &ldquo;Velo,&rdquo;<\/span><span style=\"color: #fff\"> a motor velocipede, between 1894 and 1901.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:12.13592%;top:97.08738%;width:62.86408%;height:4.20712%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.7722007722007722% 0.7722007722007722% 0.7722007722007722% 0.7722007722007722% \/ 7.6923076923076925% 7.6923076923076925% 7.6923076923076925% 7.6923076923076925%\" id=\"el-b8168206-06e5-4dd5-a232-f892184e8e92\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style='white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:-0.06583011583011569% 0;font-family:\"Karla\",sans-serif;font-size:0.177994em;line-height:1.2;text-align:left;padding:0;color:#000000'><span><span style=\"color: #cacaca\">Image Credit: 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#0c0c0c\">However,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #0c0c0c\"> other automakers outpaced Benz vehicles<\/span><span style=\"color: #0c0c0c\"> in&nbsp;<\/span><br>\n<span style=\"color: #0c0c0c\">the 1900s.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:18.93204%;top:53.39806%;width:62.62136%;height:8.57605%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-1a107163-0394-4f13-baf2-9c5cb88463c0\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0;border-radius:0.7751937984496124% 0.7751937984496124% 0.7751937984496124% 0.7751937984496124% \/ 3.7735849056603774% 3.7735849056603774% 3.7735849056603774% 3.7735849056603774%\" id=\"el-f36af72a-647b-4ffb-8932-66c5ec21b337\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" 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