1. Illustrated Chronicle
  2. Chronicle 1901 - 1910
  3. 1907
  4. 28 February - 12 March 1907

Maja car and hybrid bus debut in Vienna

  • Date
    28 February - 12 March 1907
  • Description

    The "Maja", a car designed by Ferdinand Porsche, is presented initially in chassis form at the Vienna Motor Show. Production of the 28/32 hp car, the idea for which came from Emil Jellinek and was named after his second daughter, begins shortly afterwards at Österreichische Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft in Wiener Neustadt. However, with the "Maja" Jellinek is unable to match the sales success he achieved with the Mercedes. Another new vehicle unveiled in Vienna is the Mercédès Mixte bus with 45 hp / 33 kW petrol engine and electric wheel hub drive.

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Advertisement for "Maja" car, 1907
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Advertising DMG 1907
Advertisement for "Maja" car, 1907
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Advertising DMG 1907
Electric wheel hub drive of the Mercedes Mixte and Mercedes Electrique models, developed by Ferdinand Porsche, Technical Director of the Austrian Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft from 1906. As of 1907, the vehicles are built in a small series. In the Mixte hybrid vehicles, the combustion engine drives a generator that supplies electrical energy to the wheel hub motors. In a two-seater forerunner of the Mercedes Mixte based on a Lohner-Porsche with a Mercedes 28 hp engine, Porsche competes in the Exelberg Race in Lower Austria on 11 May 1902 and wins the large car class.
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Electric wheel hub drive Mercédès Mixte / Mercedes Electrique Modelle
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