After the automobile had run around the square for a while, Ernst's family members took turns test-driving this new mode of transportation.
The staff responsible for operating the vehicle, dressed in suits and leather shoes, jogged to the door, opened it in one smooth, flowing motion, and invited Constantin into the rear compartment.
"Your Majesty, please sit tight!"
Constantin examined it carefully. The space inside the compartment was rather cramped, nowhere near as spacious as a carriage. The seats took up much of the room; they were hard leather sofas, but were still quite comfortable to lean against.
However, the temperature inside the compartment was less than friendly, so the skylight had been opened for ventilation.
Hechingen Energy Power Company had spent nearly ten years researching this model, so it was already highly refined from the moment it was introduced, including its power system.
The first automobile Karl had invented in his previous life could travel at only twelve kilometers per hour, while carriages generally traveled at sixteen kilometers per hour. Hechingen Energy Power Company's product, forged through ten years of honing a single blade, could reach a maximum speed of thirty kilometers per hour in its royal special-supply version—more than double that speed.
The technological barriers built into it could also ensure that Hechingen Energy Power Company retained its throne as the world's number one for a long time.
As the automobile started moving, Constantin sensed how extraordinary it was. Its maximum speed of thirty kilometers per hour was more than twice that of a carriage, and it could keep running until its fuel ran out. Of course, for safety reasons, its speed was generally kept at twenty kilometers per hour, but even that was already remarkably fast.
The cool breeze blowing in through the windows and skylight also