History of Hybrid Cars

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  • First Electric Vechicle

    First Electric Vechicle

    Robert Anderson of Aberdeen, Scotland built the first electric motor vehicle.
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    Hybrid Technology

  • First light electric motor.

    First light electric motor.

    Sir David Salomon developed a car with a light electric motor and very heavy storage batteries.Driving speed and range was poor.
    http://www.automobilemag.com/features/0712_hybrid_history/viewall.html
  • Ferdinand Porsche built his first car

    Ferdinand Porsche built his first car

    The Austrian Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, at age 23, built his first car, the Lohner Electric Chaise. It was thye worlds first front-wheel-drive.
    http://www.historyofhybridcars.com/

  • American Production

    American car companies made 1,575 electric, 1,681 steam, and 936 gasoline vehicles.

  • H. Piper filed for Patent

    An American engineer, H. Piper, filed a petent for a petrol-electric car.

  • The Woods Motor Vehicle Dual Power

    It was in 1915 that Woods Motor Vehicle manufacturers created the Dual Power hybrid vehicle. Rather than combining the two power sources to give a single output of power, the Dual Power used an electric battery motor to power the engine at low speeds (below 25km/h) and used the gasoline engine to carry the vehicle from these low speeds up to its 55km/h maximum speed. The Dual Power was more than a one off vehicle, going into production and creating 600 before the company ceased production three

  • Four passenger carriage

    More information on Ferdinand's carImmisch & Co. built a four passenger carriage. Powered by a one- horsepower motor and 24-cell battery.

  • Congress introduces bills

    more information on the first billsU.S. Congress introduced first bills recommending use of electric vehicles as a means of reducing air pollution.