Fun fact about the first hybrid car

The first hybrid car was the Lohner-Porsche "Semper Vivus" prototype, built in 1900 in Vienna by engineer Ferdinand Porsche and coachbuilder Jacob Lohner. The prototype was named "Semper Vivus," meaning "Always Alive" in Latin, because its engine constantly recharged the battery and it used a series-hybrid setup. Two internal combustion petrol engines (made by De Dion-Bouton) acted as generators to power electric motors housed directly inside the wheel hubs. There was also no physical or mechanical connection between the petrol engines and the wheels, electricity alone moved the car. It could travel about 40 kilometers on battery power alone, and up to 160 kilometers when the petrol generators ran to supply power. Its top speed reached 55 km/h with the design evolved into the commercial Lohner-Porsche Mixte, which sold over 300 units before cheap mass-produced gasoline cars like the Ford Model T slowed down the hybrid market.