Gasoline-Electric Hybrid Car Turns 100!

Gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles that are becoming more popular on our roadways these days are not as new a technology as people might think. If you think this kind of tech is only a few decades old, you’ll be surprised to find out that the first patent for such a mode of transportation was granted over one century ago this week.

Henri Pieper, inventor and gunmaker from Belgium, was actually granted a US patent for his invention of a car that uses electricity and gasoline as a method of propulsion on March 2nd, 1909.

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