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In 1901 Ferdinand Porsche developed the Lohner-Porsche Mixte Hybrid, the first gasoline-electric hybrid automobile in the world. The hybrid-electric vehicle did not become widely available until the release of the Toyota Prius in Japan in 1997, followed by the Honda Insight in 1999.he hybrid-electric vehicle did not become widely available until the release of the Toyota Prius in Japan in 1997, followed by the Honda Insight in 1999.
There are several others who are sometimes credited with inventing the first gasoline-powered car. Some of the names include Enrico Bernardi of Italy, who invented a one-cylinder motor on a tricycle and a motorcycle, Karl Benz of Germany and Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach also of Germany.n 1885, it was Karl Benz who built his first gasoline car in Mannheim, Germany. Benz was granted a patent for his car in 1886, and started production of it in 1888.