Obama mistaken on who invented the car

"That’s when autos reporter Micheline Maynard corrects Obama's statement that, " nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it." She points out, "The automobile was NOT invented in the U.S."

President Barack Obama delivered a factual error in his speech to Congress on Tuesday night. The automobile was not invented in America. It was invented in Germany, by this man, Karl Benz.