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May
Electric Car – Driving Ferdinand Porsche’s (111 yr old) world’s first extended-range battery hybrid
Lohner Semper Vivus review
The VW Beetle, the 356 and the eponymous Stuttgart sports car maker are the most obvious legacies of Ferdinand Porsche, but this precocious polymath designed a wild variety of vehicles, from the formidable Tiger II tank of the Second World War to the Auto Union 16-cylinder grand prix racing car.
Less well known are his designs for the Austrian coach and motor carriage maker Lohner, including the world’s first four-wheel-drive production car, the first in-wheel electric motors and this, the Semper Vivus (“Always Aliveâ€), the first extended-range battery hybrid car  … Pictures & More
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