It was Berta who became the first person to drive a motorcar when she took out the motorwagen for a spin without telling Karl. It was August 5th 1988 when she drove to her mother’s house 106 km away. Taking her kids with her, they instead had to push the vehicle uphill several times. This was a day that was celebrated in Germany and still is today.
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As the couple who started Mercedes Benz, Bertha then went on to invent the brake pads when she added leather to the brakes. Bertha used the invention to promote the vehicle and even demonstrated how it could cover distances to become a practical mode of transportation. Her strategy paid off when people started investing and making orders. The success enabled the Benz to create the first flat engine, a concept still used in cars like Porsche and Subaru today.
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Karl then went on to create the world’s first truck whose internal combustion engine was modified to create the world’s first bus by Nepthener a motorbus company. Thus the world owes the concept of motor vehicles to Karl and bertha Benz. The collective and mind blowing vision changed the world which owes its wheels to Karl and Bertha Benz.
In the words of Karl Benz, “Only one person remained with me in the small ship of life when it seemed destined to sink. That was my wife. Bravely and resolutely she set the new sails of hope.” The legacy of Karl and Bertha Benz will always remain in history as the couple who started Mercedes Benz.
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