this is possibly the first electric hybrid . the owen magnetic.

[AllaN01Bear]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Magnetic

https://blog.upsbatterycenter.com/owen-magnetic-electric-series-hybrid/

[bucolic_frolic]

1. But in the rain the magnets dissolved!! No wonder they don't make them anymore /nt

[House of Roberts]

2. Ferdinand Porsche designed a drivetrain for Lohner-Werke that used a

gasoline engine that charged the battery system driving electric motors in each wheel hub, about the turn of the century, @ 1900.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lohner%E2%80%93Porsche

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

3. If i remember correctly

Electric vehicles were more popular then gas at the beginning of the 1900's. They were quieter, cleaner, and easier to operate.