Ludwig Lohner (15 July 1858 – 14 July 1925) ran his family's company as it became one of the first manufacturers of cars and airplanes in Austria-Hungary.
Life and work edit
Lohner studied mechanical engineering at the Vienna University of Technology from 1875 to 1880. In 1887 he took over the management of his father's carriage company, Jacob Lohner & Company, and inherited it when his father died in 1892.
In 1897, the company began manufacturing electric automobiles. Lohner hired Ferdinand Porsche in 1898, and with him developed the Lohner Porsche which was popular at the 1900 World Exposition in Paris. The partnership went on to develop mixed gasoline-electric drive cars.[1][2][3][4][5]
In 1909 Lohner decided the company should make airplanes. With technical manager Karl Paulal he built a glider in April 1909[6] then began to invest in making powered aircraft with a 40-hp Anzani engine.[7][8]
References edit
- ^ Robert Italia; Bob Italia (1993), Great Auto Makers and Their Cars, The Oliver Press, Inc., pp. 64–68, ISBN 9781881508083
- ^ "Picture of the Week: 1903 Lohner-Porsche Mixte", origin.porsche.com, Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd, 17 August 2011
- ^ "Picture of the week: Lohner-Porsche Electric Voiturette", origin.porsche.com, Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd, 12 October 2010
- ^ "Hybrid drive at Daimler AG", media.daimler.com, Daimler, 1907 - The first hybrid from Daimler: The Mercedes Mixte, archived from the original on 2015-12-08
- ^ Gijs Mom (2004) [1997], The electric vehicle: technology and expectations in the automobile age (Geschiedenis van de Auto van Morgen), Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 22–24, ISBN 9780801871382
- ^ Steinböck, 1984, p. 33
- ^ Branko Remek (2012), Automobil a spalovací motor (in Czech), Grada Publishing a.s., Lohner, p.60, ISBN 9788024735382
- ^ Kurt Bauer (2003), Faszination des Fahrens: unterwegs mit Fahrrad, Motorrad und Automobil (in German), Böhlau Verlag Wien, Kleine Enzyklopädie des Fahrens, "Lohner", pp.250-1, ISBN 9783205770978
Bibliography edit
- Erwin Steinböck. 1984. Lohner zu Land, zu Wasser und in der Luft: die Geschichte eines industriellen Familienunternehmens von 1823-1970. H. Weishaupt. (In German)