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Did the ancient Greeks design the first automobile?

GasBuddy Blog -- When did the first 'automobile' come into being? Believe it or not, one historian suggests that the first automobile may be traced as far back as 60 A.D. to the ancient Greeks.

In his column on 'Car History' for Jalopnik.com, Jason Torchinsky reports that he investigated the earliest 'automobile' throughout history by imposing the following criteria:
It has to be motorized in some way (no clockwork or animal power); it has to be at least steerable, or controllable in some way; and, it must be able to carry at least one person.

He found that Hero designed a primitive "vehicle" that was essentially a steam engine on wheels with with a one-man platform.
Torchinsky reports: "To make a Hero engine put out enough...

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Submitted May 19, 2012 By: PD

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