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Inventor of the electric wheel-hub motor. Following his plumbing apprenticeship in his father's business, Ferdinand Porsche's abilities and his interest in technology led him to begin his career at the Vereinigten Elektrizitätswerke of Bela Egger & Co in Vienna.
Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche car company. He is best known for creating the first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle, the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing car, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK and several other important automobiles and technologies.
Jun 11, 2018 · Porsche, Ferdinand (1875–1951) German car manufacturer who designed the Volkswagen Beetle. In 1934, Porsche produced plans for an affordable car that the Nazis named Volkswagen (‘people's car’) and promised to mass produce.
Mar 28, 1998 · Ferdinand Porsche, creator of the German sports car that bore his family name and son of the legendary engineer who designed the Volkswagen Beetle, died yesterday at his family's...
Ferdinand Porsche was a brilliant designer and engineer. But his youngest grandson didn’t see much of him. Upon returning from a French prisoner-of-war camp, Ferdinand had health troubles, yet also a sense of restlessness.
Ferdinand Porsche’s name is synonymous with sports cars, but his true legacy is the “people’s car” he created; the Volkswagen Beetle. Porsche was born in 1875 in what is now Vratislavice nad Nisou, Czech Republic.
Apr 6, 2012 · Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, grandson of automaker founder and creator of the iconic Porsche 911, has died at the age of 76.
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