“Started here” doesn’t mean it was “invented here”.
Yes, it does. Steel & the wheel weren’t invented in America but the horseless carriage certainly was.
You’re looking for ways to discredit your own culture in order to make a wrong headed “point”.
Cars weren’t invented in America.
I hate to burst your bubble, but that's not true. Why resort to such hyperbole, when it just undermines your assertion?
The first known steam-powered vehicle was built in China, in the 1600's. The first one known to be able to carry passengers were built in France, and then England in the 1700's.