Bertha Benz may just be the coolest road tripper to ever drive this planet. As anyone who has ever been married will tell you, sometimes, no matter how supportive your partner can be, you just need to ...

He didn’t think it was ready for the road, and he was mostly right. Bertha Benz, Karl’s wife and business partner, believed in her husband’s invention. She had been there since the beginning ...

On this day in 1886 Karl Benz patented the first internal combustion engine on a motor car. The engine had been in development throughout 1885, and the first ever motor car was available for sale ...

In 1888, Bertha Benz, wife of automotive inventor Karl Benz, set off on a groundbreaking trip. A pioneer and investor in her own right, Bertha took the world's first combustion engine-powered car ...

And it turns out Bertha Benz knew exactly what I'm talking about. Bertha Benz's name likely sounds a little familiar. And really, it should. Her husband, Carl Benz, was the German car engineer ...