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Ray White
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Location: Derby
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 Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2018 3:13 pm Post subject: The first hybrid car. |
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Having just bought a Lexus I got to thinking about the history of hybrid cars.
I had only read about the Lohner Porsche...
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roverdriver
Joined: 18 Oct 2008
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Location: 100 miles from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:20 am Post subject: |
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I think that the Lohner-Porsche would have to qualify as the first hybrid car.
Hybrid commercial vehicles were popular for a while- Tilling-Stephens comes to mind.
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Ray White
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:43 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I often quote the Tilling Stevens buses when some clever clogs tries to tell me that petrol electrics are a recent phenomenon! The technology may be new but the principle is ancient.
One thing that is a step backwards, in my view, is the design of modern cars' maintenance. To change the spark plugs on a Lexus hybrid like mine takes a trained Lexus mechanic over 3 hours!! It would probably take me twice as long!!.
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