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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.
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.
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 vacation home...
Jun 11, 2018 · History. Historians, Miscellaneous: Biographies. Ferdinand Porsche. views 1,551,967 updated Jun 11 2018. Ferdinand Porsche. Though he and his son founded the high-performance sports car firm that bears the family name, Ferdinand Porsche Sr. (1875-1951) is also remembered as the visionary who created the Volkswagen Beetle in the 1930s.
Apr 6, 2012 · 18 photos. First published on April 6, 2012 / 3:16 PM EDT. © 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, grandson of automaker founder and creator of the iconic...
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...
Apr 5, 2012 · Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, who designed the first 911 sports car and went on to found a consumer-products design firm that also carried the Porsche name, died Thursday in Salzburg, Austria.
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