Not the "first cars". First machine-powered automobile was a steam engine (1769), first internal combustion engine car was running on hydrogen (1808), first gas

Not the "first cars". First machine-powered automobile was a steam engine (1769), first internal combustion engine car was running on hydrogen (1808), first gasoline-powered combustion engine came in 1870 and was installed to a cars well before Benz made his car in 1885, about the same time the first battery-electric car was made by Thomas Parker. But yes, there were many electric car models in the beginning of 1900's.