Daimler Motorengesellschaft, founded by Gottlieb Daimler ... was already a significant figure in the automotive industry. She invented brake pads and financed the development of the Benz Patent ...

but it really came into its own when the concept was patented by German inventor Nicolaus Otto in 1876 and then refined by ...

Karl Benz discovers a potent, portable fuel that sparks the invention of the car, leading rival Gottlieb Daimler to build a faster, more powerful engine.