[clug] Canberra electric vehicles group - first contact

[Paul Wayper]

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On 06/02/10 13:31, Karun Dambiec wrote:
> Im not sure the idea is new. From my research they were first invented
> in 1882.
> 
> On April 29, 1882, Werner Siemens drove the Elektromote—an electrically
> powered carriage—along a 540-m test track in Halensee near Berlin.
> Siemens' invention was not only the first electric vehicle, but also the
> world's first trolley bus.

Indeed.  And Porsche designed and built the first hybrid vehicle, which was
also the first car to be independently powered by hub motors on all wheels,
thus making it also the first all-wheel drive.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-wheel_drive)  That was in 1899.

Nevertheless, I want one of my own.

Have fun,

Paul
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