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The electric car story appears to be an urban legend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_electric_car http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_electric_car
by silverdrake11 14y ago
The electric car story appears to be an urban legend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_electric_car http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_electric_car
- tedunangst 14y agoThat Wikipedia page is obviously the work of an Edison fanboy. Or some electric industry astroturfer covering up the truth about unlimited free energy from space.
- j45 14y agoFWIW, about half way down right before the first map: http://www.tfcbooks.com/teslafaq/q&a_016.htm http://www.tfcbooks.com/teslafaq/q&a_016.htm "An article appearing in the New York Daily News, April 2, 1934 titled "Tesla's Wireless Power Dream Nears Reality" mentions the planned "test run of a motor car [for a distance of 30 or 40 miles] over a stretch of [Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe] railway track [running from Boise City, Oklahoma] to Farley, N. M." using wireless transmission of electrical energy to power the vehicle. The equipment was assembled by "two Californians" and is described as "including a high-powered radio transmitter with big coils and and short antenna."