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.

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Introduction of Tesla ... alternating current transmission system, also of Tesla's invention (1888). Before widespread use of Tesla's principle of poly-phase induction for rotating machines, all ...

Nikola Motors debuted today with a lot of promises about two new plug in vehicles, the Nikola One semi-truck and the Nikola Zero UTV. With Tesla Motors pretty much cornering the market on public ...

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

While it almost seems like an insane fever dream from an otherwise brilliant inventor, Nikola Tesla’s plan to harvest ... with his most recent atmospheric motor. To help solve some of the ...

Boudette Nikola, an electric vehicle start-up that had once hoped to become the Tesla of heavy trucks ... into actual cars and trucks. Lordstown Motors, which had tried to make pickup trucks ...

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 ...