Porsche, Ferdinand

Some of these began their work with electric cars. In Germany Ferdinand Porsche, built his first car, the Lohner Electric Chaise, in 1898 at the age of 23. The Lohner-Porsche was a first front-wheel drive car with four-wheel brakes and an automatic transmission. It used one electric motor in each of the four wheel hubs similar to today s hybrid cars, which have both gas and electric power. Porsche s second car was a hybrid, with an internal-combustion engine driving a generator to power the electric motors in the wheel hubs. On battery power alone, the car could travel 38 miles. 

Managing Director IOLITEC GmbH Co. KG Ferdinand-Porsche-Stra(3e 5/1 79211 Denzlingen Germany... 

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Although development of commercially attractive hybrid vehicles would not occur until the middle of the twentieth century, the Austrian engineer Ferdinand Porsche made a first-series hybrid automobile in 1900. Within a short time, however, the commercial attractiveness of mass-produced internal combustion engines became the force that dominated the automobile industry for more than a half century. Experimentation with hybrid technology as it could be applied to other forms of transport, especially motorcycles, however, continued throughout this early period. 

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