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AllaN01Bear

(23,039 posts) Tue Jan 16, 2024, 08:25 PM Jan 2024

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this is possibly the first electric hybrid . the owen magnetic. (Original Post) AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 OP

Ferdinand Porsche designed a drivetrain for Lohner-Werke that used a House of Roberts Jan 2024 #2

If i remember correctly DetroitLegalBeagle Jan 2024 #3

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1. But in the rain the magnets dissolved!! No wonder they don't make them anymore /nt

Tue Jan 16, 2024, 08:27 PM

Jan 2024

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2. Ferdinand Porsche designed a drivetrain for Lohner-Werke that used a

Tue Jan 16, 2024, 09:51 PM

Jan 2024

gasoline engine that charged the battery system driving electric motors in each wheel hub, about the turn of the century, @ 1900.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohner%E2%80%93Porsche

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3. If i remember correctly

Tue Jan 16, 2024, 10:06 PM

Jan 2024

Electric vehicles were more popular then gas at the beginning of the 1900's. They were quieter, cleaner, and easier to operate.