Electric Car New York

At a media preview the night before the 2011 New York Auto Show, Porsche executives drove their re-created 1900 Semper Vivus series hybrid across the room to their latest hybrid, the 2012 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid. The Semper Vivus (“always live”) is widely acknowledged to be the world’s first hybrid, built in 1900 by Ferdinand Porsche when he worked for the Austrian automaker Lohner. Now housed in the Porsche Museum, the Semper Vivus took three years to re-create from just a handful of photos and drawings. Its twin DeDion Bouton 1.7-liter single-cylinder engines power generators that flow electric current to the car’s electric front wheel motors. Visit some of our sites today: Industry leading car reviews and shopping tools www.thecarconnection.com luxury and performance cars: www.motorauthority.com green and electric cars: www.greencarreports.com www.allcarselectric.com Family cars: www.familycarguide.com Cars and social media: www.socialcarnews.com