Hybrid Cars Invented. Wouk would come to be the man who invented the hybrid car as we know it today. Nevertheless, the fact that Wouk successfully brought the low-emission benefits of an electric car and the power of a internal combustion engine together did earn him the title 'the grandfather of electric and hybrid.
First Crude Electric Vehicle Is Developed. That is, with a petrol (gasoline US) engine driving a generator to produce the electricity to drive the electric motors. The revival of interest in this automotive technology together with all-electric cars is due to advances in battery and power management technologies, and concerns about increasingly volatile oil prices and supply.
However, the hybrid car actually dates back to over a century ago and has had a spotty history ever since.
The car had in-wheel electric motors and an onboard gas engine to recharge the batteries.
The car had in-wheel electric motors and an onboard gas engine to recharge the batteries. Lohner produced a number of hybrid petrol- electric cars. But there might be a hidden.