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1892 – Charles Duryea claims to have driven the first automobile in the United States, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Yeah, these brothers caused quite a stir in Springfield with their 4hp machine, but they scared the horses. They were bicycle builders like the Wright Brothers, the first on the road, won the first automobile race in Chicago beating 3 Benz cars. They became the largest car maker in the country by building 16 cars in a year, and went to England and won the London to Brighton race by 75 minutes. One of their cars in NYC also had the county's first traffic accident.