A 7:10 scale reproduction of the worldââ¬â¢s first self-propelled vehicle exposed in the Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile of Turin (Piedmont, Italy). , a steam-powered, tricycle artillery tractor designed in Parisââ¬â¢s Military Arsenal by Nicolas Joseph Cugnot of Lorraine. Its two-cylinder engine was supplied with steam by a boiler and drove the front wheel, which also took care of the steering. The original, better known as the fardier (waggon for carrying heavy loads), can be seen in the Conservatoire National des arts et Métiers, Paris.
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