Jan. 29, 1886, when Carl Benz submitted the patent for a three-wheeled vehicle with gas engine to the Imperial Patent Office in Berlin, it created a sensation never seen before! The patent specification for that automobile – The Benz Patent Motorwagen
Ferdinand Porsche in a 1903 Lohner-Porsche.
The Lohner-Porsche employed in-hub/wheel electric motors (yes, well over 100yrs ago) with a 'gasoline' engine acting as a generator.
Along with other versions that were purely electric, and another that could operate on either, or from what I can see, both power supplies, Porsche was a leader of electric car technology in every sense of the word.
Porsche came up with the idea almost purely on his own at the age of 18 (or probably earlier ((update: looks like it took until the age of 24 before the first ones were built, purely electric, then added 'gasoline' engines as generators/drive motors)) and was in the right place and right time to have somebody fund and be able to build it with him.
Porsche was in 1906 employed by Daimler-Benz, itself a relatively new company as Chief Designer.
Jacob Löhner said at the time, 'He is very young, but is a man with a big career before him. You will hear of him again'. And boy did we.
Just look at the history.. Even the original moon lander employed a lot of the technology and design from this system.
Time exposure at twilight as a U.S. Navy F-4B Phantom of fighter squadron VF-11 "Red Rippers" takes off from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CVA-59), sometime between 1967 and 1973 (when VF-11 flew the F-4B).
A Great Depression Christmas dinner in home of Earl Pauley, near Smithfield, Iowa, 1936. The dinner consisted of potatoes, cabbage and pie.