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   Ferdinand Porsche [a] (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was a German-Bohemian automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. He is best known for creating the first gasoline – electric hybrid vehicle ( Lohner–Porsche ), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing cars, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, and several other important ...

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3. www.biography.com › business-leaders › ferdinand-porscheFerdinand Porsche - Cars, Life & Facts - Biography

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   Apr 2, 2014 · Learn about Ferdinand Porsche, the Austrian-German engineer who founded the Porsche car company and designed the first Volkswagen. Discover his early inventions, his involvement in Hitler's \"people's car\" project, and his legacy in the automotive industry.

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4. www.britannica.com › biography › Ferdinand-PorscheFerdinand Porsche | Automotive Designer, Inventor, Innovator

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   Apr 2, 2024 · Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian automotive engineer who designed the popular Volkswagen car. Porsche became general director of the Austro-Daimler Company in 1916 and moved to the Daimler Company in Stuttgart in 1923. He left in 1931 and formed his own firm to design sports cars and racing cars.

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6. www.porsche.com › stories › innovationFerdinand Porsche – the electric vehicle pioneer

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   Gamechanger: how Ferdinand Porsche designed the first-ever hybrid car. Electromobility and Porsche goes back nearly 125 years 27 June 2023. Hybrid and all-electric cars may feel like a thoroughly modern mobility solution, but the man who founded Porsche was designing battery-powered cars at the turn of the 20th Century.

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7. www.encyclopedia.com › ferdinand-porscheFerdinand Porsche | Encyclopedia.com

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   Jun 11, 2018 · Learn about the life and achievements of Ferdinand Porsche, the visionary automotive designer who created the Volkswagen Beetle and the Porsche sports car. Explore his early experiments with electricity, his military service, his innovations in racing and aviation, and his struggles with mass production.

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   Who is Ferdinand Porsche?

   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Ferdinand Porsche (born September 3, 1875, Maffersdorf, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now in Liberec, Czech Republic]—died January 30, 1951, Stuttgart, West Germany) was an Austrian automotive engineer who designed the popular Volkswagen car.

   Ferdinand Porsche | Automotive Designer, Inventor, Innovator

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   Where did Porsche come from?

   • The roots of Porsche's company history lie in Bohemia where Ferdinand Porsche was born on 3 September 1875 in Maffersdorf, as the third child of Anton Porsche and his wife Anna. When the automobile was invented Ferdinand Porsche was 11 years old.

   Inventive genius - Ferdinand Porsche - History - Porsche Holding

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   When did Ferdinand Porsche start a car company?

   • Ferdinand Porsche founded the Porsche car company in 1931. In the early 1920s, he oversaw the development of the Mercedes compressor car and later developed the first designs of the Volkswagen car with his son. (1875-1951) Who Was Ferdinand Porsche?

   Ferdinand Porsche - Cars, Life & Facts - Biography

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   Did Ferdinand Porsche make a hybrid car?

   • In fact, Ferdinand Porsche designed the first-ever hybrid car, unveiled as a prototype in 1900 – 110 years before the launch of the Cayenne S Hybrid in 2010, the first electrified Porsche of the modern era. Ferdinand Porsche had a long-standing fascination with electricity, going back to his childhood.

   Ferdinand Porsche – the electric vehicle pioneer

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9. www.porsche-holding.com › en › historyInventive genius - Ferdinand Porsche - History - Porsche Holding

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   Learn about the life and achievements of Ferdinand Porsche, the visionary engineer who created the world's first electric car, hybrid car, and all-wheel drive car. Discover how he shaped the history of automobile industry and Porsche Holding.

10. www.theguardian.com › apr › 08Ferdinand Porsche obituary | Porsche | The Guardian

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    Apr 8, 2012 · Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche, who has died aged 76, was the industrial designer responsible for the shape of the Porsche 911 sports car. He was the last member of the German engineering dynasty...