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The Prius traces its hybrid lineage to Ferdinand Porsche's 1900 car
The Lohner-Porsche Semper Vivus, built in 1900 by a young Ferdinand Porsche, featured a generator that recharged a battery and even incorporated regenerative braking — technologies now central to modern hybrids like the Toyota Prius. The vehicle predates the Prius by nearly a century, yet shares its core hybrid architecture. The lineage highlights how old the fundamental idea behind today's hybrid cars really is.
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