Karl benz's personal experience.
Genius born1844165438+1October 25th, Ben Ci was born in Karlsruhe, Baden-Wü rttemberg. He was born to his parents before marriage, so he was named KarlFriedrichMichaelVaillant after his mother JosephineVaillant.
Ben Ci's parents got married after they were born in Ben Ci 1 year.
1846, when Ben Ci was 2 years old, his father died in a train accident (the time of Ben Ci's father's death remains to be verified, and another saying is that Ben Ci's father died in 1843, and Ben Ci was a posthumous child). At this time, he changed his father's surname to KarlFriedrichMichaelBenz Ci, and later to Carl Friedrich Michael.
When I was a student, Ben Ci became interested in natural science from middle school.
Because his family is poor, he has to repair his watch to earn pocket money.
1860, at the wish of his mother, Ben Ci entered the Karlsruhe comprehensive school of science and technology, and was fortunate to meet two teachers who believed in the theory of "capital invention", which influenced Ben Ci's life.
Ben Ci also studied important courses in this school, such as mechanical structure, mechanical principle, engine manufacturing and economic accounting of mechanical manufacturing, which laid the foundation for his future career.
He loved natural science since he was a child and earned some pocket money by repairing watches. He was an apprentice in a machinery factory, a painter and designer in a large-scale factory, and a foreman in a bridge construction company.
He studied at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Sciences and Karlsruhe University of Science and Technology.
In the meantime, he systematically studied courses such as mechanical structure, mechanical principle, engine manufacturing and economic accounting of mechanical manufacturing, which laid a good foundation for future development.
Becoming an entrepreneur After successively working as an apprentice in Karlsruhe Machinery Factory, as a designer in a large-scale factory and as a foreman in a bridge construction company, 1872, Ben Ci decided to create a Mercedes-Benz iron castings and machinery factory named after himself.
However, due to the economic downturn, the factory faced closure after its establishment.
Unable to repay his friend's loan, Ben Ci remembered his teacher's theory of "capital invention" and decided to build an engine that could make high profits as a turning point in his life.
After the beginning of this adventure, Ben Ci devoted himself to the research of engines and obtained production licenses for manufacturing four-stroke engines and two-stroke engines.
Ben Ci reformed the structure of the engine, avoiding the explosion hazard that was easy to appear before.
The first single-cylinder gas engine was invented in 1879.
After experiencing life experiences such as apprenticeship, military service, marriage and having children, Ben Ci established "Mercedes-Benz Cast Iron Company and Machinery Factory" in cooperation with Ogu streeter in 1872, specializing in the production of building materials.
At that time, the construction industry was depressed, and the Ben Ci factory was in danger of closing down. In desperation, he decided to make engines to get high profits to get out of trouble.
Inventing the automobile, he obtained the business license to produce Otto four-stroke gas engine. After more than one year's design and trial production, the first single-cylinder gas engine (rotating speed 200 rpm, power about 0.7 kW) was manufactured on June1879+February 3 1 day.
However, this engine has not changed the economic difficulties of Mercedes-Benz, and the threat of bankruptcy still exists.
The indomitable German was not defeated by poverty.
After years of efforts,1886 65438+1October 29th, Japan finally developed a single-cylinder gasoline engine (unlike its competitors, Ben Ci installed the engine on the frame of a tricycle) and invented the first tricycle without horse-drawn (now kept in Munich Automobile Museum).
It was on this day that Mercedes-Benz Automobile Company won the' automobile manufacturing patent right' and was recognized as the birthday of the automobile.
Ben Ci has no workshops and no funds, so his wife sold her dowry and jewels.
After several years of hard work, he changed the design and assembled the engine. With the support of royal photographer Biller, he improved the Otto four-stroke engine. Finally, Carl Benz successfully trial-produced the world's first three-wheeled car with a single cylinder engine on129.
1885, Carl Benz and Daimler of Germany each built a three-wheeled car with a gasoline internal combustion engine.
However, due to technical problems, Ben Ci's car always broke down and was laughed at by others as a "smelly monster". Ben Ci was afraid of making a fool of himself, and even dared not open it in public.
1888 In August, Bei Leita Ringer, his wife who has been silently supporting Ben Ci from beginning to end, made a brave decision.
She took her children and drove Ben Ci's car all the way to Pforzheim, more than 65,438,000 kilometers away, to visit her grandmother.
Immediately afterwards, Bertas telegraphed Ben Ci, "The car has stood the test, please apply for the Munich World Expo immediately".
On September 12 of the same year, Ben Ci's invention caused a great sensation at the Munich Expo. At that time, the newspaper described it like this-"On Saturday afternoon, people saw a three-wheeled carriage walking in the street with amazing eyes. There is no horse in front, only one person in it. The carriage walked by itself, and people in the street were surprised.
After the Munich Expo, a large number of customers began to order cars from Ben Ci.
From then on, his career began to flourish. Mercedes-Benz has the largest automobile factory in Germany and started to produce world-famous Mercedes-Benz cars.
After five years' efforts, Ben Ci has successfully developed a brand car named "Victor Deya" with very advanced performance, which brings great honor to Mercedes-Benz and shows the high-end product route that Mercedes-Benz will take in the future.
However, due to its high price, Victor Deya was left out in the cold.
Ben Ci began to produce cheap bicycles on 1894.
This mass-produced motor vehicle in the world has brought high profits to Mercedes-Benz.
1893, Ben Ci successfully developed the "Vitea" brand car with advanced performance.
It uses a 3-liter engine patented by Ben Ci, and the steering wheel is installed in the middle of the car.
Although the car has advanced performance, few people can afford it because the price is as high as 3875 marks, and it has become a unsalable product of the company.
This kind of car, which has brought great honor to Mercedes-Benz technically, has not benefited him much economically.
Later, Ben Ci listened to the businessman's suggestion and developed and produced a cheap "bicycle" at 1894 (the price is 2000 marks).
This kind of "bicycle" sells well, selling 125 vehicles a year.
Because it is the first mass-produced motor vehicle in the world, it has brought high profits to Mercedes-Benz.
Later, Mercedes-Benz improved the pre-produced' Victor Deya' brand car and designed the car seat as 65,438+08, becoming the first bus in the world.
1906, Ben Ci and his two sons established Mercedes-Benz father and son company in Ladenburg (the brand was registered as "Mercedes-Benz" in Chinese), and Ben Ci automobile became a world-famous brand. In the process of inventing the automobile, karl benz's courage is admirable: first, he is willing to lead a hard life and bury himself in his invention work. Secondly, he boldly abandoned the mature steam engine and chose the internal combustion engine as the power.
Thirdly, he can not only develop and produce' high-end cars' that reflect the highest level of automobile technology, but also adjust the product structure in time and organize the production of marketable' ordinary cars', which has won considerable profits for the company, indicating that he has both the basic qualities of engineers and the business talents of entrepreneurs.
Later, Victor Deya was further improved and became the first bus in the world.
From 65438 to 0899, Mercedes-Benz Automobile Company was reorganized into Mercedes-Benz Rheinland Automobile Co., Ltd., becoming the largest motor vehicle manufacturer in the world at that time.
Karl Benz and his car 1903, Ben Ci gradually withdrew from the busy company affairs and managed the company as a member of the board of supervisors.
1926, Ben Ci Automobile Company merged with Daimler Automobile Company to become Daimler-Benz Company.
At this time, 82-year-old Ben Ci witnessed the establishment of the future all-powerful German automobile giant.
The Mercedes-Benz company we are talking about was not founded by Mr. Ben Ci alone, but by the cooperation of two automobile giants, namely karl friedrich Benz and gottlieb daimler, the originator of automobile invention.
1926, two major automobile companies merged to form Daimler Ben Ci company.
By this time Daimler had died.
Ben Ci is 82 years old.
However, due to some unknown reasons, the two car inventors have never met each other, even though they are in two small towns only 80 kilometers apart.
Become a great regret in the history of automobiles.
However, their heirs lived up to expectations, which enabled the career initiated by the two great men to be carried forward and made Mercedes-Benz a world-class automobile company.
Three years after the death of the giant, Ben Ci, who struggled for his car dream all his life, also died.
Ben Ci realized his dream of building a car with his lifelong investment in automobile technology, but after establishing his own enterprise empire, he can also make decisions from the perspective of technology and market thinking.
Perhaps, the excellent gene of Mercedes-Benz now is his long-standing inheritance of these two points.
Mercedes route
/kloc-in the 9th century, from 65438 to 0886, the tricycle powered by gasoline engine in Ben Ci was patented. At the same time, Daimler also invented his first four-wheel car and obtained a patent for marine engine in the same year.
1889, Daimler first installed a four-speed transmission for its car.
1890, Daimler Automobile Company was established (DMG), and Daimler designed the first in-line four-cylinder four-stroke engine.
1894, the world's first car race from Paris to Rouen, the car with Daimler engine won the championship.
1895, the world's first bus line was put into operation, which used Mercedes-Benz engines.
1896, Daimler Automobile Company successfully manufactured the first truck in the world.
In the year of Procter & Gamble, Daimler was Procter & Gamble; Company L made the world's first four-cylinder engine for automobiles.
1897, the first taxi service company in the world put Daimler's cars into operation as taxis in Stuttgart.
At the beginning of the 20th century, 190 1 year, the first 35-horsepower Mercedes-Benz sports car manufactured by Daimler Motor Company won the Nice-Latubi Mountain Climbing Championship.
1902, Daimler obtained the legal right to use "Mercedes-Benz" and took "Mercedes-Benz" as its new trademark.
1903, parsifal, the first car of Mercedes-Benz, was successfully manufactured, with an opposed water-cooled engine and transmission shaft.
19 10, Mercedes-Benz developed the first four-valve engine.
19 14, Mercedes-Benz manufactured the first aero-engine, 12 cylinder, with 250 horsepower.
In the 1920s and 1930s, 1926 in order to avoid crowding out each other in the growing automobile industry, the two automobile giants finally came together and founded the world-famous Mercedes-Benz Automobile Company.
After that, the company adhered to the policy of producing military products and was determined to establish a unified automobile industry in Germany.
During the period of Hitler's Third Reich, the company actively moved closer to the ruling Nazi Party and eventually became its "economic wing".
1934, "Mercedes-Benz" automobile company manufactured the world's first bullet-proof car 770K.
This car is Hitler's exclusive limousine. The car body is made of 4mm thick steel plate, the windshield is 50mm thick, the tires are bullet-proof tires with steel wire mesh, the rear seat cushion and backrest are equipped with bullet-proof steel plates, the floor is thickened to 4.5 mm, and the weight of the whole car exceeds 5 tons. Equipped with V8 engine, the displacement is 7655ml, and it can generate electricity 100kw. This car has produced 100 kW.
1936, the "Mercedes-Benz" automobile company launched the world's first car 206D with a diesel engine at the Berlin Auto Show, thus saving a lot of fuel.
At the Berlin Auto Show in the same year, Mercedes-Benz also introduced the largest car before World War II, 170v(4-cylinder engine).
At that time, a 500k luxury sports car was introduced, with an amazing 160 horsepower engine and a wheelbase of 3.29 meters! 1938, the company launched the "Mercedes-Benz 320 sedan" designed according to aerodynamics, which is easier to control than the previous models, so that it can drive at a higher speed on the newly-built expressway.
In World War II, German industry suffered an almost devastating blow, and the company's production stagnated.
It was not until 1947 that the first postwar car was produced: the old model 170v.
1949, the company began to recover, and launched the first postwar new car 170s at the Hanover Technology Export Fair.
195 1 year, the company launched the 220 equipped with a brand-new engine (6 cylinders, overhead camshaft) at the first Frankfurt International Auto Show.
At that time, it also launched the largest and fastest production car 300 in Germany, which soon became the favorite of politicians and wealthy businessmen.
1953 In August, the company's first car 180 (known as w- 120 in the company) was officially released.
1954, the company took the lead in using gasoline injection device on the legendary sports car 300SL.
Therefore, it has become a new technology to eliminate the traditional carburetor.
196 1 year, the company introduced the first automobile 300SE with air suspension.
1September 1969, Daimler-Benz Automobile Company attracted the attention of the whole world.
At the Frankfurt Motor Show, the company launched the C11generation test car, which uses a three-rotor Wankel engine and has an amazing 280 horsepower.
A year later, the second generation car C 1 1 1 was introduced. Different from the first generation, it uses a four-rotor Wankel engine with an output of 350 horsepower and outstanding performance.
At the end of the 20th century, 1972, the company developed a brand-new luxury car 280SE.
Subsequently, this car was named "S-class" (internal code: w 1 16), which is also the earliest S-series car we are familiar with.
1974, the world's first car with a five-cylinder diesel engine, 240D3.0, was launched.
1978, the company introduced the car 450SLC5.0 equipped with 5L displacement light aluminum alloy engine at Frankfurt International Auto Show.
1979, the company entered the off-road vehicle market with the newly developed "G-class". Karl Benz's Personal Experience Mercedes-Benz @20 19