Porsche’s Technological Innovations Part 1: The Genius of Ferdinand Porsche

Many know that the first automobile to exceed 100 kilometers per hour was electric and was named "Jamais Contente" due to the constant issues its brave creator had to face. Ferdinand Porsche, who had experimented with electric propulsion in racing with his Lohner-Porsche, convinced that he had solved all the technical problems of an electric vehicle, and confident in the solutions he had adopted, named his electric model "Toujours Contente". However, this proved to be a bold statement, as he soon had to address the excessive weight of the batteries and the limited range of the vehicle. His solution was to power them with electricity produced onboard by an internal combustion engine. The electricity was generated by a combustion engine and stored in a much smaller and lighter battery pack.

In fact, he had invented the concept of the "hybrid car". Once again, it becomes clear that true innovations come from the past. Born in 1875, without a formal degree and with only experience as an apprentice electrician and a student of technical courses, he invented the hybrid car!