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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.
1 France: Between 1896 and 1931 LÃ©on BollÃ©e built petrol powered cars. 2  LÃ©on was a son of AmÃ©dÃ©e BollÃ©e Sr., who started building steam powered cars in France in 1873.  Leon's first car was a three-wheeled tandem. It was powered by a single-cylinder 3 hp petrol fuelled engine.