Editing Truck (section)

===Internal combustion===
[[File:DMG-Lastwagen von 1896.jpg|thumb|right|[[Daimler Motor Lastwagen|Daimler Motor-Lastwagen]] from 1898]]
[[File:1903EldridgeTruck.jpg|thumb|1903 Eldridge truck on display at the [[Iowa 80]] Trucking Museum, Walcott, Iowa.]]
In 1895, [[Karl Benz]] designed and built the first [[internal combustion]] truck. Later that year some of Benz's trucks were modified to become busses by ''Netphener''. A year later, in 1896, another internal combustion engine truck was built by [[Gottlieb Daimler]], the [[Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft|Daimler Motor]] [[Daimler Motor Lastwagen|Lastwagen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Truck History|url=http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltruck.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711060100/http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bltruck.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 July 2012|publisher=[[About.com]]|access-date=6 September 2008}}</ref> Other companies, such as [[Peugeot]], [[Renault]] and [[Büssing]], also built their own versions. The first truck in the United States was built by [[Autocar Company|Autocar]] in 1899 and was available with {{convert|5|or|8|hp|0}} engines.<ref>{{cite web|title=Autocar, Always up, Our History|url=http://www.autocartruck.com/history|publisher=Autocar, LLC|access-date=21 October 2018|archive-date=22 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022113254/https://www.autocartruck.com/history|url-status=live}}</ref> Another early American truck was built by George Eldridge of Des Moines, Iowa, in 1903. It was powered by an engine with two opposed cylinders, and had a chain drive<ref>"D.M.'s Eldridge Beat Henry Ford." Des Moines Register, 5 June 1996, p. 6N-LC. https://www.newspapers.com/image/130960696/?clipping_id=131599051&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjEzMDk2MDY5NiwiaWF0IjoxNzE1NTQwMzIwLCJleHAiOjE3MTU2MjY3MjB9.-lQ-C4jYruRLmtDhkKYk7d6sZTuWnWdhpGvssMexmjA</ref> A 1903 Eldridge truck is displayed at the [[Iowa 80]] Trucking Museum, Walcott, Iowa.   Trucks of the era mostly used [[Straight engine|two-cylinder]] engines and had a carrying capacity of {{cvt|1.5|to|2|t|lbs|-2}}. After World War I, several advances were made: [[Starter motor|electric starters]], and 4, 6, and 8 cylinder engines.