Hi folks,
Today’s New York Times has a print-only advertising section for the New York Auto Show that had a page devoted to hybrids, specifically their history. They focus on Porsche’s hybrid, the Mixte, and have a picture of the 1902 model. Porsche invented and patented the hybrid car in 1897 at the age of 22. It was the first all-wheel drive vehicle. It had an electric motor on each wheel with the ICE running at constant speed. It had four-wheel brakes as the motors doubled as electrostatic brakes. The car was produced by Mercedes under license. Celebrities like Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand of WWI fame drove the Mercedes-Mixte. The 1905 model reached 87 mph. Porsche also designed the hybrid Landwehr train cited upthread. In WWII, Porsche used the hybrid Mixte system in the German Tiger tank, which was the most formidable tank at the time. He also designed the ten-wheel drive hybrid C-Zug WWI gun.
Being an advertisement the article had no by-line, but the author does reference one book. Barker and Harding’s book, Automobile Design: Great Designers and Their Work.
Prius: More than a Car
nathan
Today’s New York Times has a print-only advertising section for the New York Auto Show that had a page devoted to hybrids, specifically their history. They focus on Porsche’s hybrid, the Mixte, and have a picture of the 1902 model. Porsche invented and patented the hybrid car in 1897 at the age of 22. It was the first all-wheel drive vehicle. It had an electric motor on each wheel with the ICE running at constant speed. It had four-wheel brakes as the motors doubled as electrostatic brakes. The car was produced by Mercedes under license. Celebrities like Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand of WWI fame drove the Mercedes-Mixte. The 1905 model reached 87 mph. Porsche also designed the hybrid Landwehr train cited upthread. In WWII, Porsche used the hybrid Mixte system in the German Tiger tank, which was the most formidable tank at the time. He also designed the ten-wheel drive hybrid C-Zug WWI gun.
Being an advertisement the article had no by-line, but the author does reference one book. Barker and Harding’s book, Automobile Design: Great Designers and Their Work.
Prius: More than a Car
nathan