Hippomobile (car)

The hippomobile is an automobile invented by Étienne Lenoir in 1863 which carried its own internal combustion engine. It was based on his 1860 invention the Lenoir gas engine. Lenoir sold about 350 to 400 of the hippomobiles.

History

In 1863 the Hippomobile with a hydrogen gas fuelled one cilinder internal combustion engine made a test drive from Paris to Joinville-le-Pont: top speed about 9 km in ~3 hours [ [http://www.netinform.net/H2/H2Mobility/H2MobilityMain.aspx?ID=229&CATID=1 Hippomobile] ] .

ee also

*History of the internal combustion engine
*Timeline of transportation technology
*Timeline of hydrogen technologies

References

External links

* [http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/pdfs/deer_2004/session1/2004_deer_fairbanks.pdf Engine Maturity, Efficiency, and Potential Improvements Pag.7]