Armstrong Petrol-Electric Hybrid

The Armstrong is the worlds first hybrid car gasoline and electric

It is packed with innovative and refined features that other brands would not adopt until decades later. For example: electric starter electrically operated decompression valve automatically operating advance mechanism for the ignition electrically operated clutch semi automatic gearbox a steering wheel instead of a tiller Despite the progressive ideas and the brilliant design, the project turned out not to be commercially viable. The Armstrong Company from Bridgeport, Connecticut built only this single example.