1916 Owen Magnetic
Gasoline-Electric Hybrid
Production Years: 1915-1922
Country: United States
Number Produced: 974
Owen Magnetic automobiles were manufactured between 1915 and 1922. The R.M. Owen & Company of New York, New York initially manufactured in New York City in 1915, in Cleveland, Ohio, between 1916 and 1919 and finally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1920 and 1921.
These vehicles were notable for their use of an electromagnetic transmission and were early examples of an electric hybrid drivetrain. Powered by a six-cylinder engine, power for the wheels used a similar electromagnetic principle that propelled the Battleship U.S.S. New Mexico. There is no direct mechanical connection between the gas motor and drive shaft.
Find more information at; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Magnetic
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