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The Canadian Galt's gasoline engine ran a generator that supplied electricity to an electric motor that propelled the car. Extra power produced by the generator was stored in batteries found beneath the floor. The batteries could be used to provide extra power at peak times or to operate the car with the gas engine turned off. This car is one of only two ever built and appeared 13 years after Ferdinand Porsche developed the world's first gas-electric hybrid, the Semper Vivus.
1914 Galt | Petersen Automotive Museum . (2019). Petersen Automotive Museum . Retrieved 9 October 2019, from https://www.petersen.org/1914-galt?fbclid=IwAR32uC9UI30BMNscisVhF4Ryl68S-vvFmeEudQsRqp9JTJtD0W7yPpY6X4M
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| Caption | Moffat St. Clair and Eddy Fleming purchased the remnants of a failed car company, Canadian Motors Ltd. which made the Galt Touring car in 1911. They renamed it the Galt Motor Company.
They built and sold some gas-powered cars to generate some money to fund a new car that was based on their improved gas-electric hybrid design.
In 1914, they introduced the Galt Gas-Electric car to the world. It used a combination of gasoline and kerosene to power a Westinghouse generator that was coupled to a gasoline engine. The engine turned a turbine that generated electricity that could be stored in batteries beneath the floor. |
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