Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
Born(1725-02-26)26 February 1725
Died2 October 1804(1804-10-02) (aged 79)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationEngineer
Children2 children
Engineering career
Projectsfardier à vapeur

Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (26 February 1725 – 2 October 1804) was a French inventor who built the world's first full-size and working self-propelled mechanical land-vehicle, the "Fardier à vapeur" – effectively the world's first automobile.[1][a]

  1. ^ "Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot | Facts, Invention, & Steam Car | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. ^ "1679–1681 – R P Verbiest's Steam Chariot". History of the Automobile: origin to 1900. Hergé. Retrieved 8 May 2009.


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