Which French military engineer built the first motor vehicle ?
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Which French military engineer built the first motor vehicle ?
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Nicolas Joseph Cugnot is a French military engineer, known to have designed and built, between 1769 and 1771, the first motor vehicle ever built. It is an artillery gun carriage, powered by a two-cylinder steam engine, preserved in perfect condition in the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris.