Lohner-Porsche (full name System Lohner-Porsche Mixtewagen Semper Vivus ) is the world's first hybrid car built by renowned designer Ferdinand Porsche in collaboration with Austrian company Hofwagenfabrik Ludwig Lohner & Co. in the year 1900 . It was originally an electric car . A year later, a hybrid modification was introduced.
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| Manufacturer | Lohner-Werke GmbH |
| Years of production | 1900 - 1905 |
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History
In 1900, the electric version was first introduced at the Paris Motor Show .
Then F. Porsche added two gasoline internal combustion engines to the middle of the car chassis, which served as a drive for two electric generators . The electric current generated by the dynamo was first supplied to the engines in the wheels , from which excess power was supplied to the batteries . In addition, a particular side effect was that the generators, when reversed, could be used as electric starters for gasoline engines.
In this form, the prototype was ready for launch in mass production and already in 1901 at the Paris auto show repeated a resounding success.
Reconstruction
More than 100 years later, a copy was created in collaboration between Porsche Engineering engineers and the Drescher bodybuilding studio in Hinterzarten , which is almost exactly the same as the original. The machine, now called the Semper Vivus (from Latin - “Eternally Alive”) was recreated by specialists in four years and is now in full working condition. This cost $ 1 million. Reconstruction took place according to only two surviving photographs of the car (drawings were not preserved), the known wheel diameter served as the base size for calculating dimensions and further computer simulation . Suddenly discovered at the final stage of reconstruction at one of the auctions, the drawings only confirmed the almost exact fit into the actual size of the original.
After being shown at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show , the Semper Vivus became part of the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart .
Today, the authority is included in the fund of the Vienna Technical Museum [ specify ] .
Technical Data
- Weight: 1.2 tons (was too large for the soft rubber mixture of pneumatic tires of the time);
- Two gas-powered DeDion Bouton water-cooled engines with a capacity of 3.5 hp.;
- Two electric generators of 2.5 hp Both generators worked separately from each other and each provided a current of 20 A at a voltage of 90 V;
- Autonomy: 200 km.
See also
- Electric car