<P> On September 20 , 1893 , the Duryea Brothers road - tested the first - ever , working American gasoline - powered automobile in a portion of Springfield , Massachusetts that is now Chicopee , Massachusetts . The Duryea 's `` motor wagon '' was a used horse drawn buggy that the brothers had purchased for $70 and into which they had installed a 4 HP , single cylinder gasoline engine . The car ( buggy ) had a friction transmission , spray carburetor and low tension ignition . Frank Duryea test drove it again on November 10 -- this time in a prominent location : past their garage at 47 Taylor Street in Springfield . The next day it was reported by The Republican newspaper with great fanfare . </P>
<P> On September 20 , 1893 , the Duryea Brothers road - tested the first - ever , working American gasoline - powered automobile in a portion of Springfield , Massachusetts that is now Chicopee , Massachusetts . The Duryea 's `` motor wagon '' was a used horse drawn buggy that the brothers had purchased for $70 and into which they had installed a 4 HP , single cylinder gasoline engine . The car ( buggy ) had a friction transmission , spray carburetor and low tension ignition . Frank Duryea test drove it again on November 10 -- this time in a prominent location : past their garage at 47 Taylor Street in Springfield . The next day it was reported by The Republican newspaper with great fanfare . </P>
when was the first gasoline-powered american automobile made
when was the first gasoline-powered american automobile made
September 20 , 1893
September 20 , 1893