TIL that the first self-propelled vehicule, built by Cugnot in 1769, was intended for transporting cannons. The vehicle was not suited to the load, and despite further trials, the project was abandoned. However, 241 years later, in 2010, a copy of the machine was built, which worked perfectly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-Joseph_Cugnot?wprov=sfla1
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