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The brother's name was Ferdinand... As for what the surname is, first sell a close, and introduce it later
Born into a family of blacksmiths in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he was influenced by his family at the age of 14 and began experimenting with electricity and machinery. At the age of 24, he developed an electric motor for automobiles and developed the electric car P1 (Egger-Lohner C.2 Phaeton)
The world's first electric car, the P1
(Egger-Lohner C.2 Phaeton)
The P1 looks thin, but it can reach speeds of 33.6 km/h and range of 49 km/h!! And has a 12-speed gearbox~
However, this was in 1898.
Today, the prototype of the tram designed by Ferdinand is parked in the center of the Porsche Museum. (The missing part is indicated by the blue translucent plastic)
However, P1 is just the beginning...
Two years later, in 1900, Ferdinand added a gasoline engine to the original P1 pure electric vehicle, and after various weight reductions and combinations, finally made a hybrid car - Lohner-Porsche.
Of course, from the appearance of the shape, it has not yet departed from the design feeling of the carriage at that time. If Ferdinand had used a streamlined body at that time, the world would have absolutely scolded Tesla for plagiarism today!
Two front wheels of the Lohner-Porsche
Yes
Two independent hub motors
For Ferdinand, adding motors to the remaining two wheels is no difficult task. In order to participate in the race impact speed, he did it later!
As a result, human beings have the world's first four-wheel drive car, electric motor, and hybrid...
The picture below is this four-wheeled car
Lohner-Porsche with a 1.8 kW motor
Ferdinand sat next to the driver
At that time, Ferdinand established the hybrid concept "Mixte Hybrid", which is only used by Toyota in Japan today. Boeing and NASA learned from Lohner-Porsche and eventually built the lunar rover in the Apollo moon landing program.
And this legendary Mr. Ferdinand is the greatest inventor and engineer in the history of the automobile, Ferdinand Porsche.
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All right.. The above simple zb showmanship ends here. Let's start the formal big kill skill to pick up ~~
The above stuff we can't see or touch today, it's too long ago... But petty bourgeoisie, do you know the Volkswagen Beetle you opened today?
It can also be seen in the Porsche Museum, the prototype of this thing is the Ferdinand grandfather designed in 1935, mass production in 1938, and has been updated to this day...
"When I looked around and saw that none of the cars were my dream car, I planned to build one myself."
- Ferdinand Porsche
This is probably Ferdinand's most famous quote. Ferdinand is not only an engineer obsessed with car design, he is also a crazy racing fan, although he can not compete, but he can continue to improve the design and improve the performance of the car, to achieve the racing dream.
In 1934, Porsche designed the first Porsche race car with a 16-cylinder supercharged engine from a new perspective, the front and rear counterweight ratio of the car was 1:1, and the fuel tank was placed in the middle of the car, which meant that no matter how much oil was, it did not affect the position of the center of gravity of the car...
This new shape and excellent performance of the car, in the future held in many competitions have been outstanding, the then already famous "Mercedes-Benz" can only compete with him, far back...
The car has broken 8 world records and won the championship of track racing, cross-country racing, mountaineering and other events. The German people affectionately named the car "Silver Arrow", expressing their infinite respect for it...
Later, at the beginning of World War II, Hitler, who was also crazy about racing cars, naturally did not let this genius in the field of automobile design escape the "favor" of the Head of the Empire...
The car in this photograph is a Beetle, and the characters in the car are Hitler in the assistant's seat, Robert Ley in the back row on the right, Ferdinand in the back row on the left, and the driver is Ferdinand's son, Fari Ferdinand. Ferry Porsche...
Later, in order to counter the Soviet T34 tank, on September 3, 1939 Hitler ordered Ferdinand Porsche to preside over the development of a new tank... So this magic thing that shouldn't have appeared in that era
- The electric Tiger tank is born!
Electric Tiger tank
Let's talk about how awesome the Tiger tank is... Military fans know best
Tiger tanks are the winning generals in the battlefield of World War II from beginning to end, and 1 Tiger tank against 4 Allied tanks on the battlefield is like a game. The Germans called it an "invincible tank", and the Allies had a "Tiger Phobia" when they mentioned tiger tanks...
The American Sherman in front of the Tiger tank
It is equivalent to today's Jetta facing Mercedes-Benz
During World War II, the Allies used 50,000 tanks, and eventually eliminated 1,500 German Tiger tanks... The scale is 33.3:1
Of course, the electric version of the Tiger tank was not mass-produced later, because at that time, the electric drive method was too advanced! That is to say, the light itself NB can not do, the surrounding industries will not be able to cooperate for a while and a half. The popularity of pure electric power requires a very complex supporting system, enough charging piles, fast and stable power generation sources, safe and reliable transmission and transformation networks and battery industry... In the end, the national tender review process was lost to the gasoline version of the Tiger tank designed by Ferdinand as the general counsel, equipped with a Maybach 700 hp gasoline engine!
However, the defensive heavy armored tank, such a large hunk, can make the electric drive motor invented by the old man of Porsche run, and the speed reaches 35 kilometers per hour, and the mileage is 80 kilometers... It's also a crossing of that era! Today, the concept of electric aircraft, electric submarines, and electric tanks has just been proposed
After the end of World War II, due to Porsche's special relationship with Hitler and his contribution to the German army, he was arrested by the Americans, extracted countless research and development ideas, handed over to France, and finally released after two years in prison...
After all, Ferdinand Porsche was only bent on building cars, and he was finally approved to go out of the mountains again to preside over the development of cars.
In 1948, Ferdinand oversaw the construction of the Porsche 356, a sports car that is still enough to pull the wind today.
In 1950, Ferdinand came to his factory for the last time.
In 1950, his last surviving photograph.
On 30 January 1951, Ferdinand Porsche, the grandmaster of automobile history, died of a stroke on his way back to Stuttgart from Wolfsburg at the age of 77.
His son Porsche Jr. carried the Porsche banner and continued to develop sports cars, and in 1963, the most important model in Porsche's history, the 911, was born!
You can see that no matter how Porsche changes, it is the tail design of the front, headlights and streamlines, which was laid down from the time when Ferdinand Porsche designed the first Beetle...
It is not an exaggeration to say that the exterior design of Porsche was obtained after the Beatles were flattened.
The Porsche 911 has been through seven generations and is known worldwide for its unique style and durability, making it one of the most legendary models in Germany and in the world.
Finally, let's take a look at the evolution of porsche 911
Today, when you drive the latest Porsche 911, do you know the historical story behind Porsche? When you see this shield-shaped Porsche logo on the steering wheel, do you know what it really means?
Porsche logo – following the surname of Porsche founder Ferdinand Porsche. The graphic logo adopts the shield-shaped city emblem of the city of Stuttgart, where the company is located. The word PORSCHE is at the top of the trademark, the word STUTTGART in the trademark is above the horse, indicating that the company's headquarters are in Stuttgart; in the middle of the trademark is a horse, indicating that Stuttgart is rich in a noble stallion; the upper left and lower right of the trademark are the pattern of antlers, indicating that Stuttgart was once a good place to hunt; the yellow stripes in the upper right and lower left of the trademark represent the color of ripe wheat, referring to the abundance of grain, and the black in the trademark represents fertile land. The red color in the logo symbolizes people's wisdom and love of nature.
The result is a superb and beautiful pastoral landscape that shows the glorious past of Porsche and foreshadows the bright future of Porsche, and the excellence of Porsche sports cars.
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