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This article is about an automobile power source said to have been developed by Nikola Tesla. Not to be confused with the American electric car manufacturer, Tesla, Inc..

The Nikola Tesla electric car hoax is an anecdote that refers to a supposed Nikola Tesla invention described by Peter Savo, who claimed to be a nephew of Tesla, to Derek Ahers in 1967. Savo said that Tesla took him to Buffalo, New York in 1931 and showed him a modified Pierce-Arrow car.

Tesla, according to the story, had removed the gasoline engine from the car and replaced it with a brushless AC electric motor. The motor was said to have been run by a "cosmic energy power receiver" consisting of a box measuring about 25 inches long by 10 inches wide by 6 inches high, containing 12 radio vacuum tubes and connected to a 6-foot-long (1.8 m) antenna. The car was said to have been driven for about 50 miles at speeds of up to 90 mph during an eight-day period.[1][2]

The story has received some debate because the car's propulsion system is said to have been invented by Tesla. No physical evidence has ever been produced confirming that the car actually existed. Tesla did not have a nephew by the name of Peter Savo, and Tesla's grand-nephew William Terbo considers the Tesla electric car story to be a fabrication.

A number of web pages exist that perpetuate this tale.[3][4] Aside from this one exception, every other account of this purported demonstration automobile is based upon the Peter Savo story plus literary embellishment.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Edit- The above text was typed by someone who does not understand tesla or what they read. Let me explain the story and enlighten the users. Tesla DID remove the engine from a Pierce-Arrow car. Which the car weighed in at 4400 Lbs he used an electric motor to propel the vehicle with a 24v battery. The "cosmic box" they mention was a SHORT WAVE RADIO which tesla invented. he invented it back in 1892 hence why it had an ANTENNA. Cosmic because it uses radio waves (which the ignorant would not understand back then so cosmic was a term when someone didnt understand something. [11]

Now how did an electric car back then go 90.. easy, it didnt have anything electric besides that Radio and the engine, so a 24v 80amp battery (1.9kw of power) was plenty for a car with no other components. So yes it may SOUND like alien tech when someone calls something a cosmic box and spin the story in a crazy way. However electric cars were available back then. it was NORMAL for a car to reach 100 miles on a single charge so taking it 50 miles over 8 days is totally plausible. [12]

References

  1. ^ Robert Nelson. ""Information about an Invention by Dr. Nikola Tesla, which is said to have harnessed Cosmic Energy" (Unidentified document circulated in the early 1980s)". Rexresearch.com. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  2. ^ Ford, R.A., Space Energy Receivers : Power from the wheelwork of nature, Simplified Technology Service, Champaign, IL, 1993 "Information about an invention by Dr Nikola Tesla, which is said to have harnessed cosmic energy" pp. 31–37.
  3. ^ Mathews, Arthur (2013-01-29). "Tesla's Last Known Living Assistant's Recorded Statement". NU Energy. NU Energy Staff. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2019. A new, and improved, primary zinc battery capable of powering an electric vehicle for a range of 500 miles before easily and economically replacing its cathode (negative terminal) plates by the car's owner from a year's supply of fresh, new plates which could easily be stored within the trunk of the car.
  4. ^ Tesla, Nikola (2013-01-29). "Nicola Tesla's View of the Future in Motive Power". NU Energy. NU Energy Staff. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2019. Tesla states that he made numerous statements in publications in regards to using electricity to power a car. Tracking down these statements should dispel the myth that his car was powered by radiant energy.
  5. ^ "Tesla's Electric Car" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  6. ^ "Tesla's Electric Car". Fuel-efficient-vehicles.org. 2000-01-01. Archived from the original on 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  7. ^ Gary Lee Armijo says (2010-03-04). "Tesla's Electric Car". Fuel-efficient-vehicles.org. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  8. ^ "Tesla's Electric Car". Fevj.org. 2000-01-01. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  9. ^ "Nikola Tesla's 'Black Magic' Touring Car". Evworld.com. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
  10. ^ "The Electric Auto that almost triumphed, Power Source of '31 car still a mystery, by A.C. Greene". Vangard Sciences. 1993-01-30. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  11. ^ "Tesla Invented Radio, Not Marconi! from the Tesla Universe Article Collection". teslauniverse.com. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  12. ^ Barber, Megan (2017-09-22). "Before Tesla: Why everyone wanted an electric car in 1905". Curbed. Retrieved 2020-12-22.

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