Porsche First Car: 100 years ago he was going to make an electric car but it became a fantastic speedster, who was Porsche?

Porsche First Car

A speeding luxury car Porsche driven by a minor collides with a motorcycle in Pune. Two people died due to this. In connection with this accident, a case has been registered against the father of the accused minor and the bar that provided alcohol to the minor. Shockingly, the accused was granted bail just 15 hours after the horrific accident. But the luxury car that hit in this accident is the car that is in the news. The maker of that car was Ferdinand Porsche. How was the Porsche car created? What is the history of this car? Let’s find out.

Luxury car maker Porsche has said that the first car designed by company founder Ferdinand Porsche was an electric car. The car was displayed by the company at an exhibition held at a museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany.

At the time of production, the car was named the Egger Lohner Electric Vehicle C.2 Phaeton model. Built in 1898, the car was recently found in a garage in Austria, where it had been kept since 1902. At the age of just 22, Ferdinand Porsche designed this car for car manufacturer Jakob Lohner. Later, Porsche started his own car company in 1931.

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The first car made by Porsche had an electric engine in the rear. He was running at a speed of 34 kilometers per hour. It was during this period that Ludwig Lohner realized that the age of the horse-drawn carriage was coming to an end. He asked Ferdinand Porsche to build an electric car.

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Ferdinand Porsche created an ‘octagonal electric motor’ powered by an electric battery. The motor had a total of 12 gears, including six forward gears, two reverse gears and four gears for braking. The car hit the road on June 26, 1898 in Vienna, Austria.

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Once fully charged, this car can travel up to 49 miles at a speed of 34 kilometers per hour. Porsche entered this car in the Berlin Road Race held in Berlin on September 28, 1899.

This first car designed by Porsche is currently on display at Stuttgart Zuffenhausen in Germany. The car was designed by Ferdinand Porsche for car manufacturer Jakob Lohner. Porsche stamped P1 on every part of this car to distinguish it from other models.

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