Surprise! The first hybrid car is a 100-year-old Porsche! The car had in-wheel electric motors and an onboard gas engine to recharge the batteries. This makes the car a serial hybrid (only one engine drives the wheels) like the Volt, instead of a paralell hybrid (both engines drive the wheels) like the Prius. And the car, on the whole, was quite a breakthrough at the time.

/Eco Geek: Porsche Had World’s First Hybrid 100 Years Ago ( Monday, 12 November 2007)/

Kā izarādās, tad viens no pirmajiem hibrīdauto bija Porsche! Kaut kā dīvaini paliek… aptuveni 1907. gads un elektrodzinēji… jāsāk domāt – ja jau toreiz bija elektrodzinēji vecajos hibrīdos, tad mūsdienās jau šī tehnoloģija varētu būt ekodegviela vai saules baterijas. Nu kaut kā tā :)