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10 August 1888
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From the yard of the Daimler factory on the Seelberg hill in Cannstatt, Leipzig bookseller Dr Friedrich Hermann Wölfert sets off in his motorised airship. It is propelled by a Daimler single-cylinder engine, producing 2 hp / 1.5 kW at 700 rpm. This maiden flight of a motorised airship ends in Kornwestheim, about four kilometres away.
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August 1888
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Bertha Benz and her two sons, Eugen and Richard, together undertake the first long-distance journey in automotive history. Aboard "Model 3", the series version of the Patent Motor Car, they drive from Mannheim to Pforzheim via Heidelberg, Bruchsal and Durlach – a total distance of about 100 kilometres. After spending five days in Pforzheim the trio returns to Mannheim via Bretten and Bruchsal.
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7 October 1888
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The "Schwäbische Kronik" reports on the previous day's test drive in the "Daimler Motor Car, the new tram". Fitted with a 4 hp / 3 kW single-cylinder engine, this motor car owned by the "Stuttgarter Pferdeeisenbahn-Gesellschaft" (Horsedrawn Tramway Company) can carry up to 20 passengers.
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