Porsche and electrified powertrain go back a very long way. The Egger-Lohner C.2 Phaeton of 1898 and Lohner-Porsche Electromobile of 1900 designed by Ferdinand Porsche come to mind, but alas, Porsche also demonstrated that ICE had the upper hand over hybrids and EVs.
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The Hybrid-engine market represents today around 3% of the total automobile market in the world. As of April 2020, over 17 million hybrid electric vehicles have been sold worldwide since their inception in 1997. Japan itself has 7.5 million hybrid cars making this country the biggest country for this car segment. While hybrid cars are more and more fashionable due to planet issues, hybrid engines exist for a very longtime. For example, did you know that the first Porsche presented at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris by Ferdinand Porsche had a hybrid engine? Flashback!
Ferdinand Porsche And His Fascination for Electricity
Ferdinand Porsche was born in Maffersdorf (Vratislavice nad Nisou) Bohemia, part of Austria-Hungary at that time, and today part of the Czech Republic. Ferdinand was his parents’ third child. His father was a master panel-beater. At a younger age, Ferdinand Porsche became passionate about electricity and showed a strong aptitude f