Inventor	Date	Type/Description	Country
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725-1804)	1769	STEAM / Built the first self propelled road vehicle (military tractor) for the French army: three wheeled, 2.5 mph.	France
Robert Anderson	1832-1839	ELECTRIC / Electric carriage.	Scotland

中国鼎盛的时候不是近代，鼎盛时期发明丝绸，瓷器茶叶，垄断世界经济;近代没有参加活动的原因是大家都知道的。