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The Briggs & Stratton Gasoline/Electric Hybrid Car – In 1980, at the tail end of the energy crisis, Briggs & Stratton developed the first gasoline-electric hybrid automobile concept car. "The Hybrid" was designed by Brooks Stevens , had six wheels and was powered by a twin-cylinder 16 hp (11.9 kW) Briggs & Stratton engine and a large bank of ...
The engine is a V-twin four-stroke, 895 cc (54.6 cu in) or 993 cc (60.6 cu in) displacement, fan-driven air-cooled, gasoline engine design.The larger displacement is achieved by increasing the stroke from 78 to 87 mm (3.1 to 3.4 in), but using the same bore of 86 mm (3.4 in).
In 1958, the company had moved to a new factory at Milperra, New South Wales, and its 3,000 employees were building 143,000 mowers a year for export to 28 countries. [1] From the outset, the company used marketing and advertising effectively. It was a pioneer in Australian TV advertising, and also advertised extensively in newspaper and print ...
Dolly Parton is opening up about her "homebody" husband, Carl Thomas Dean.. On the Monday, Dec. 9 episode of Bunnie Xo's Dumb Blonde podcast, the country music icon, 78, revealed her notoriously ...
Kelly Clarkson isn’t visiting any ghosts of Christmas past this holiday season.. On Thursday, Dec. 19, the Grammy winner, 42, appeared to throw shade at her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock in a ...
The book lists the 1922 Briggs & Stratton Flyer as selling from US$125 to US$150 (equivalent to $2280 to $2730 in 2023) . [ 3 ] A few Smith Flyers still exist in collections, and blueprints for the car are available online.
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Eventually Briggs and Stratton settled on manufacturing automotive components and small gasoline engines. Briggs purchased an engine patent from A.O. Smith Company and began powering early washing machines and reel mowers, as well as many other types of equipment. The company went public on the New York Stock Exchange in 1928.