Technical innovations as the key to success
For the founding fathers of today’s company, Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, groundbreaking technical innovations were the key to success. A “love of invention” and a forward looking pioneer spirit were the hallmarks of their work.
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Patent-Document |
Filed by Carl Benz at the German Imperial Patent Office in Berlin on 29 January 1886, patent
“DRP 37435” for a “three-wheeled vehicle powered by a gas engine” is regarded as the birth certificate of the motor vehicle and was declared a
world heritage document by Unesco in 2011.