![Sunday Times Driving on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1725, French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was born. In 1770, he built the world's first self-propelled car. He also pioneered the car crash, after his steam-powered Sunday Times Driving on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1725, French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was born. In 1770, he built the world's first self-propelled car. He also pioneered the car crash, after his steam-powered](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0XdpfJWkAAiN0P.jpg:large)
Sunday Times Driving on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1725, French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was born. In 1770, he built the world's first self-propelled car. He also pioneered the car crash, after his steam-powered
![First automobile contructed by Cugnot in 1770. Illustration by unknown artist. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French inventor, 25 Stock Photo - Alamy First automobile contructed by Cugnot in 1770. Illustration by unknown artist. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French inventor, 25 Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/ERGK0A/first-automobile-contructed-by-cugnot-in-1770-illustration-by-unknown-ERGK0A.jpg)
First automobile contructed by Cugnot in 1770. Illustration by unknown artist. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French inventor, 25 Stock Photo - Alamy
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![The first steam powered car, built by Cugnot, loses control and knocks down part of the arsenal's walls, Paris, France,1770. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, 1725 – 1804. French inventor, builder of the first working The first steam powered car, built by Cugnot, loses control and knocks down part of the arsenal's walls, Paris, France,1770. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, 1725 – 1804. French inventor, builder of the first working](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/JTDD08/the-first-steam-powered-car-built-by-cugnot-loses-control-and-knocks-JTDD08.jpg)