Charles and Franks First Automobile -ME- Jordan Cook

First Automobile

America's first gasoline powered commercial car manufacturers Charles and Frank Duryea; the brothers were bicycle makers and got fascinated by gas engines. On September 20^th 1893 they had a successful driving test on the streets of Spring Street, Massachusetts. Charles Duryea founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in 1896, the first company to manufacture and sell gasoline powered vehicles.

By 1896, the company had sold thirteen cars of the model Duryea. Charles was the guy that sought out buyers and people to buy the Automobile, Frank was the guy that was all hands on and worked on the Automobile. They called the Automobile a wagon because they look like a wagon, as you can see in the picture below. Their business was called The Duryea Motor Wagon Company, the Company that had a big influence on the world.