What is the name of the first car to feature a hybrid drivetrain?

The first car to feature a hybrid drivetrain was the Lohner-Porsche.

Designed by Ferdinand Porsche for Lohner-Werke, the Lohner-Porsche combined an internal-combustion engine with electric motors. Its hybrid versions used a gasoline engine to generate electricity, which then powered motors mounted directly in the wheel hubs. This arrangement is known as a series-hybrid drivetrain.

The best-known early example is the Semper Vivus, developed around 1900. Porsche later created the Mixte, or “Mixed,” version, which used a gasoline engine and generator to address the limited range and long charging times of battery-only electric vehicles. The design was technologically advanced but expensive, heavy, and complicated for its era.

The answer is sometimes given more narrowly as “Semper Vivus” or “Lohner-Porsche Mixte,” because Lohner-Porsche refers to a family of related vehicles rather than one single model. In ordinary automotive-history trivia, however, Lohner-Porsche is the accepted umbrella name. The concept also anticipated modern range-extender hybrids and demonstrated that electric drive could be combined with onboard generation more than a century ago.