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The Tesla Motor Company is doing right by the name of its namesake, a century after his work was in full blossom.
The history and facts of the great Nikola Tesla's life have been curiously ignored by popular thinking. One major thing we ought to recognize is that he was in favor of FREE ELECTRICITY for everyone, and devoted much time, talent and treasure to its development. Some believe he solved the riddle but was suppressed.
Why would he have been suppressed? What's wrong with free electricity?
Anyway, in case anyone really wants to see firsthand what's up with Telsa cars, I HIGHLY recommend dropping in to a Tesla Motors showroom one fine day and have a nice chat with the floor salesperson. You'll come away with a whole new outlook on technology.
My first impression was that the cars are WAY too simple. Where's all the smog controls? Where's all the hoses and gadgets and doo-dads under the hood? Why is there so much r-o-o-m in the engine -- I mean, motor compartment?
If my suspicion's correct, the R&D at Telsa is replete with rare earth magnets and contraptions built using them, such that this "whole house battery" is merely a stepping stone toward opening the market to self-generating electricity in the home.
Stay tuned!
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