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The origin of that story is Charles Steinmetz, and it involves Henry Ford, a $10,000 invoice and placing a X in chalk. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cha

• baha_man 12y ago
  According to Snopes[1]: "Practically anyone famous for his knowledge can be offered up as the virtuoso in this tale... Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, George Washington, the electrical genius Charles Proteus Steinmetz... How long this story has been around is a mystery." http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/where.asp http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/where.asp
• BuildTheRobots 12y ago
  > One Friday afternoon in 1921, Steinmetz hopped in his electric car and headed off for a weekend at... Whu?
  • NeverEnough 12y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car#Golden_age http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car#Golden_age "In 1900, 40% of American automobiles were powered by steam, 38% by electricity, and 22% by gasoline.[19]"
    • BuildTheRobots 12y ago
      Well, that's absolutely blown my mind -thank you. Now I just want to know how they were dealing with power storage...
      • jvanloov 12y ago
        Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jamais_Contente http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jamais_Contente