Well, Tesla does have an S.I. unit named after him (magnetic field, http://www.unitarium.com/si-units http://www.unitarium.com/si-units ). Better yet, he manag

Well, Tesla does have an S.I. unit named after him (magnetic field, http://www.unitarium.com/si-units http://www.unitarium.com/si-units ). Better yet, he managed to keep his name's final vowel - Volta and Faraday got theirs chopped off (seems there's a story about that). (P.S. afterthought on electric cars: GM took the hint, and grabbed another couple of SI unit names for their US/EU models ;-)