Who had the first Hybrid car?

According to Hybrid Cars, the first hybrid was around 1888 so neither had the first. It also says that 1999 was the introduction of the Insight and 1997 was the introduction of the Prius.

 

wow.. this old debate

toyota argues world wide... 97 was first with the prius in japan. then in 99 it was the insight in the U.S. then it was the prius in the U.S. in... oh.. i don't know the date.. think 2k?

but if you own a honda.. you won't acknowlege the japan release and in that case.. yes.. for U.S. production.. it was Honda.

 

for the us release it was the insight. but the Prius was released first in japan

 

Prius has earned the title of first for quite a number of hybrid honors... like stealth, which the Honda owners still don't actually have. So just let them say what they want.

 

Actually there were a number of different gas-electric hybrids in the early days of the automobile before the ICE became the de-facto standard. That probably means 189x or 190x.

 

You're all wrong. Batman had the first hybrid, way ahead of the others.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(BayouBulldog @ Apr 18 2006, 07:53 AM) [snapback]241474[/snapback]</div>

oh ya,,, cant forget his nuke-electric hybrid with the jet propulsion

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(jfschultz @ Apr 18 2006, 07:18 AM) [snapback]241449[/snapback]</div>

They had electric ambulances and cars in the late 1890's and early 1900's