This day in car history: Benz applies for the first car patent

On January 29, 1886, a German engineer named Karl Benz changed the world forever. He filed a patent for his ...

After more than a century (or two) of cars, what was the biggest innovation ever?

From hand cranks to hands-off, we want to know which leap really moved the needle on car development ...
USA Today

When was the first electric vehicle made and who invented it?

Hardly a modern invention, the electric car has a history tracing back all the way to the mid-1800s. Interest in technology has boomeranged over the years based on both consumer trends and economic ...
AOL

What your first car taught you about freedom — and letting go

Sliding into the driver’s seat. The smell of the interior, distinct and yours. Keys jingling as the engine rumbles to life. Think Thelma and Louise, wind-whipped hair and open highway, that defiant ...