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Did you know that Bertha Benz, the wife of inventor Karl Benz, made automotive history by undertaking the very first long-distance intercity trip without informing her maverick husband.

Accompanied by her two sons, she traveled approximately 106 kilometers between Mannheim and Pforzheim in the third prototype of the Benz Patent-Motorwagen.

This historic journey was not a simple walk, but a real test of technical reliability in real conditions.Bertha Benz had to troubleshoot several breakdowns en route, clearing a clogged fuel line with a hat pin and insulating a bare electrical wire with a garter.

By publicly demonstrating that a vehicle with an internal combustion engine could travel long distances autonomously, it erased public doubts, proved the practical usefulness of the invention and launched the global commercialization of the modern automobile.

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