The Hippomobile is an early, three wheeled

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invented by Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir in

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in 1863 which carried its own

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. It was based on his 1860 invention, the Lenoir gas engine.

History

In 1863, the Hippomobile, with a coal gas fueled, one-cylinder internal combustion engine, made a test drive from

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to Joinville-le-Pont, which covered around eleven miles in less than three hours, which was a fair achievement at the time.de Rivaz, Lenoir and Delamare-Debouteville
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''Engine Maturity, Efficiency, and Potential Improvements''
US Dept of Energy, Washington, page 7 1860s cars 1863 introductions Hydrogen cars {{veteran-auto-stub Cars introduced in 1863

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