4-pole AC induction motor that will power the revolutionary Tesla Roadster. Eberhard's most recent blog covers the development of the motor, starting with Nikola Tesla's original patents from 1888.

It's an homage to Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), the Serbian inventor and engineer who created the induction motor and alternating-current (AC) power transmission. According to an old post on the ...

The company is named after Nikola Tesla, a physicist and an electrical engineer. The AC induction motor technology was patented by Nikola Tesla in 1888. The initial funding was majorly led by Elon ...

Nikola Tesla was not just an inventor. Tesla was a visionary whose inventions and ideas transcended the limits of space and ...