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Porsche Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 P1 Phaeton model 1898



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Porsche Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 P1 Phaeton model 1898

Egger-Lohner electric drive vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model, the world's first Porsche design.
Also known as the "P1"

Power: compact electric drive, with a weigh of 130 kg, at 3 hp and in overloading mode up to 5 hp. Speed up to 35 km/h and a range of up to 80 kilometers, Speed was regulated via a 12-speed controller. The Lohner alternating vehicle body, allowed the vehicle to be used in both summer and winter.

September 1899, at the international motor vehicle exhibition in Berlin, Germany, in a race for electric vehicles over a distance of 40 km was run as a test to the performance of all electric vehicles.

The route provided significant challenges with gradients and the rules demanded the course to be run with three passengers on board. Ferdinand Porsche running at speeds as high as 35 km/h crossed the finish line in the new Porsche "P1" 18 minutes ahead of the next competitor.

The "P1"designed and built by Ferdinand Porsche and was one of the first vehicles registered in Austria. It first entered the streets of Vienna on June 26, 1898.
Source: Porsche AG Media

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Porsche Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model 1898

Porsche Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model 1898
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Porsche Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model 1898

Porsche Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model 1898
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Porsche Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model 1898

Porsche Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model 1898
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Porsche Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model 1898
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Porsche Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model 1898
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