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Charles Edgar Duryea (December 15, – September 28, ) was an American engineer.

On September 22, , the official debut of the first Duryea car was recorded in the Springfield “Evening Union”.

Charles Duryea founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company in , the first company to manufacture and sell gasoline powered vehicles.

Charles Edgar Duryea was the engineer of the first-ever working American gasoline-powered car and co-founder of Duryea Motor Wagon Company.