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In 1883 the three founded a new company producing industrial
machines: Benz & Company Rheinische Gasmotoren-Fabrik,
usually referred to as, Benz & Cie. Quickly growing to
twenty-five employees, it soon began to produce gas engines as
well.
The company gave Benz the opportunity to indulge in his old
passion of designing a horseless carriage. Based on his experience
with, and fondness for, bicycles, he used similar technology when
he created an automobile with a four-stroke engine of his own
design between the rear wheels. Power was transmitted by means of
two roller chains to the rear axle. Benz finished his creation in
1885 and named it the Benz Patent Motorwagen. It was the
first automobile entirely designed as such, not simply a motorized
carriage, which is why Karl Benz is regarded by many as the
inventor of the automobile.
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