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Hybrid Cars Go Way Back

  • November 25, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Gas-electric hybrid cars may seem like a totally modern creation, but the idea’s been around for a while. The first U.S. patent for this type of engine was granted more than 100 years ago, to German-born inventor Henri Pieper.

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