Electrified Soul - From P1 to Taycan
Porsche, t he inventor of the world's first hybrid car P1 a hundred years ago, is still carrying its original intention, and looking for sustainable mobility in the era of digitisation and urbanisation. Porsche P1 At the dawn of the automotive age, manufacturers competed with cars under various power systems, but no one combined two powers in one car. Until 22-year-old Ferdinand Porsche , who established his own sports-car company decades after, engineered the first ever electrically-powered hybrid car in 1898. The car was unveiled in Stuttgart, Germany, and officially named 'Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton.' It is also known as P1, signifying Porsche's first design. Porsche developed an 'octagonal electric motor' powered by elec tric batter ies, suspended in the rear of the car. It weighed 287 lbs, produced 3 horsepower and could produce 5 horsepower in the 'overboost' model. The P1 could reach the top speed of 2
