First Porsche was an Electric car
German carmaker Porsche reveals that the first vehicle designed by its founder, Ferdinand Porsche, was an electric car built in 1898.
The first Porsche-designed vehicle, which had been stored in an Austrian garage since 1902.
The first Porsche featured a rear-mounted electrical engine which could reach speeds of 21 miles per hour.
The first Porsche was the most energy-efficient car in an 1899 Berlin road race.
Mr. Porsche was working for car builder Jacob Lohner, who asked him to design an electric drive train.
At the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany, the plastic placeholders show the original design.
Ferdinand Porsche stamped each part of the vehicle with P1, to differentiate it from other models.
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