The concept of the hybrid car can be traced back to Ferdinand Porsche, who created the Lohner-Porsche Mixte in 1899, one of the first vehicles to combine an internal combustion engine with electric motors. However, the modern hybrid car gained prominence with the introduction of the Toyota Prius in 1997, which popularized the technology and made it commercially successful. Thus, while Porsche laid the groundwork, Toyota is often credited with revolutionizing the hybrid vehicle market.
The first hybrid gasoline-electric car was invented in 1899.Regenerative breaking hybrid car was invented in 1978.
The hybrid car was invented by Ferdinand Porsche in 1899.
Japaniese people were the first people who invented the hybrid car. e.g. Toyota Hybrid X
2003
Jacob Lohner was one of the inventors of the hybrid smart car.
In the late 1990s.
A Viennese inventor created the first hybrid car in 1900. His name was Jacob Lohner and his car was called Elektromobil.
Late 1980's
The first hybrid car (built in 1899) used a gasoline engine to supply power to an electric motor that drove the car's front wheels.
Victor Wouk invented the first prototype hybrid car in 1974 called the Buik Skylark.
Hybrids were not discovered, they were invented. The first hybrid car invented was a 100-year-old Porsche! The car had in-wheel electric motors and an onboard gas engine to recharge the batteries.
For the same reasons as with other types of cars invented in the 1880s and 1890s.