#Media People Weekly # In order to find a new source of motivation to replace the horse, people began to make various attempts. In 1680, the famous British scientist Newton conceived of using a nozzle to spray steam to propel the car, but in the end he only "thought" and failed to make a physical object. (Figure 1)
The world's first truly human or animal powerless automobile was invented in 1769, powered by a steam engine, invented and manufactured by the French Habitat.
It's a three-wheeled car with a speed of only 4 kilometers per hour, which is slower than a human walking speed, and every 15 minutes it has to stop to refuel the boiler, which is very, very troublesome.
However, its emergence is epoch-making, and it is a turning point in the transportation mainly driven by people and animals or wind to the use of steam drives, marking the arrival of the great steam age!
