Mannheim of 1848, the city was a centre for political and revolutionary activity. In 1865, Friedrich Engelhorn founded the "Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik" (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory, BASF) in Mannheim, but the factory was constructed across the Rhine in Ludwigshafen because Mannheim residents feared air pollution from its operations. From this dye factory, BASF has developed into the largest chemical company in the world. After opening a workshop in Mannheim in 1871 and patenting engines from 1878, Karl Benz patented the first motor car in 1886. He was born in Mühlburg (now part of Karlsruhe). The Schütte-Lanz company, founded by
Hard soda of the Not Your Father's Root Beer brand with a higher alcohol content. In January 2016, the Not Your Father's Root Beer brand was the market leader in the hard soda category. As of late May 2016, the hard soda category comprises over 1 percent of total overall beer category sales in the United States. In the U.S., many new hard soda brands have emerged beginning around early December 2015 and numbered to at least 39 brands by late May 2016. One of them is the Best Damn Root Beer brand manufactured by Anheuser-Busch InBev, which was the second best-selling