Road trips may be a staple of the American experience today, but that wasn't always the case. This route hosted some of the ...

In late August, Mercedes-Benz reenacted what is believed to be the first ever long-distance drive in history. They are know to do that from time to time as a means to celebrate Bertha Benz, wife of ...

In 1888, early automobiles didn’t travel much. First, there weren't so many of them. Secondly, those that were around were considered not to be ready for road use. However, one car was ready, and ...

As Google's doodle reminded me, today is International Women's Day. It's kind of alarming how much I rely on something called a "Google Doodle" to know what's going on. So, in honor of women, I'd like ...

Bertha Ringer, better known today as Bertha Benz, was the first woman in history to drive an automobile over a long distance. Bertha’s husband, Karl Benz, is the maker of the first car which runs on a ...

Get in the car, drive to your parents’ house. Not much of a big deal today, but on July 21, a woman named Bertha Benz was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn, Michigan, for doing ...

Bertha Benz helped to prove that her husband had created probably the single most important invention in the history of transport Why is it that perhaps the most important car journey ever undertaken ...

Watch Owen Cooper's heartfelt Emmys speech as he becomes youngest best supporting actor Jennifer Lawrence tells a strange story about feeding Robert Pattinson from her trash 'Toy Story 5' teaser pits ...

Who invented the automobile? The answer depends a little bit on your definition of the word. The first practical gas-powered carriage was built by Karl Benz, who later merged his company with Daimler ...

Sixty-six miles might not sound like a long road trip, but in 1888, Bertha Benz’s drive from Mannheim to Pforzheim in Germany was a historic journey. Bertha, the wife of automobile inventor Karl Benz, ...

It is now fairly common for carmakers, including Kia, Volvo, Hyundai and Ford, to test their autonomous vehicles on public roads. In 2013, however, Mercedes carried out the first autonomous journey in ...