How fast was the first car?
16 km/hAbout 9.94 mph · Run
Karl Benz's 1886 Motorwagen could reach about 16 km/h.
That's about 29% of a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
🚗16 km/h
🚜the crawler-transporter
By speed: the first car is about 10× faster than the crawler-transporter.
Things about as fast
- How fast does the average cyclist ride?15 km/h
- How fast does a bumblebee fly?15 km/h
- How fast is a San Francisco cable car?15.3 km/h
- How fast is race walking?15.67 km/h
- How fast can a black mamba move?16 km/h
- How fast does the Moon spin at its equator?16.7 km/h
- How fast can a pig run?17 km/h
- How fast can a crocodile run?17 km/h
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