First car, passenger car
- WHO
- Richard Trevithick
- WHAT
- First
- WHERE
- United Kingdom (Camborne)
- WHEN
- 24 December 1801
The world's first passenger-carrying automobile was a steam-powered road vehicle carrying eight passengers and built by Richard Trevithick (1771-1833). It first ran at Camborne, Cornwall on 24 Dec 1801.