Nko mu 1873, mu mpera z'ikinyejana cya 19, Umwongereza Robert Davidson yakoze imodoka ya mbere y’amashanyarazi ku isi. Ibi byari hejuru yimyaka icumi mbere yuko lisansi - ikora moteri yahimbwe nabadage Gottlieb Daimler na Karl Benz.
Imashanyarazi ya Davidson yari ikamyo itwara imizigo, uburebure bwa 4800mm n'ubugari bwa 1800mm, ikoreshwa na bateri y'ibanze igizwe n'icyuma, zinc, na mercure alloy ikora aside irike. Nyuma, guhera mu 1880, hakoreshejwe bateri ya kabiri yishyurwa. Inzibacyuho kuva muri primaire kugeza kuri bateri ya kabiri yaranze iterambere ryikoranabuhanga kubinyabiziga byamashanyarazi muricyo gihe, byongera cyane ibyifuzo. Mugice cya kabiri cyikinyejana cya 19, ibinyabiziga byamashanyarazi byari byarabaye ikintu cyingenzi cyo gutwara abantu, ibyo bikaba byaranze igice cyingenzi mumateka yubwikorezi. Kugeza mu 1890, bisi z'amashanyarazi zagendaga mu mihanda y'Ubufaransa na London. Muri kiriya gihe, tekinoroji yo gutwika imbere yimbere yari inyuma cyane, bivamo intera ngufi, gusenyuka kenshi, no gusana bigoye. Ibinyabiziga byamashanyarazi, ariko, byatanze ibyiza nko koroshya kubungabunga.
Mu Burayi no muri Amerika, ibinyabiziga by'amashanyarazi byageze ku rwego rwo hejuru mu mpera z'ikinyejana cya 19. Mu 1899, Umufaransa Caument Guinet yashyizeho amateka ya kilometero 106 / h inyuma yinyuma - ibiziga - gutwara imodoka y’amashanyarazi ikoreshwa na moteri ya 44kW ebyiri.
Mu 1900, mu modoka zakozwe muri Amerika, 15,755 zari amashanyarazi, 1.684 zari moteri -, naho 936 gusa ni zo zikoresha lisansi -. Yinjiye mu kinyejana cya 20, hamwe n’iterambere ry’ikoranabuhanga rikoresha moteri y’imbere, Isosiyete ya Motor Motor yashyizeho Model T mu 1908. Kubera iyo mpamvu, amamodoka - zikoreshwa n’imodoka n’amashanyarazi, kubera imikorere ya tekiniki n’ubukungu, byavanyweho bunyamaswa igihe, mu gihe ibya nyuma byagabanutse.