The man responsible for the first hybrid car is a familiar name: Ferdinand Porsche, who would later create the legendary German marque responsible for countless iconic models like the 911.

We all know that the Volkswagen Beetle was designed by Ferdinand Porsche, but the company he founded also developed a modern ...

In-wheel motors are now a much-discussed topic for performance electric vehicles, but Ferdinand Porsche ... claimed to have the first production-ready passenger car with in-wheel motors, and ...

but at the turn of the 20th century Ferdinand Porsche, whose son Ferry would later start the sports-car brand, tinkered with electric motors—including in-wheel hub motors. The first electric ...