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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.
Lenoir invented a hydrogen powered car in 1860 called the Hippomobile. Two year later he also claimed to have run a car on benzene, an oil derivative and if this is true, then his claim to have invented the first petroleum-powered car is correct.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.