<P> Ferdinand Verbiest , a member of a Jesuit mission in China , built a steam - powered vehicle around 1672 as a toy for the Chinese Emperor . It was small scale and could not carry a driver but it was , quite possibly , the first working steam - powered vehicle ( ' auto - mobile ' ) . </P>
<P> Ferdinand Verbiest , a member of a Jesuit mission in China , built a steam - powered vehicle around 1672 as a toy for the Chinese Emperor . It was small scale and could not carry a driver but it was , quite possibly , the first working steam - powered vehicle ( ' auto - mobile ' ) . </P>
where was the first car invented in the world
where was the first car invented in the world
in China
in China