Firstly, let me tell you why Nikola Tesla is one of the main reason behind Elon Musk's Wealth, On January 7th 2021 Elon Musk became the World's richest person, as Musk’s steep rise to the top spot was boosted by the 743% surge in Tesla’s share prices over the past year owing to consistent profits and inclusion in the S&P 500 index. On 7th Jan 2021, the electric car maker’s shares surged 7.9%.
Though Nikola Tesla has no direct connection with Tesla Motors, Tesla Motors would not have made Electric cars without the AC ( Alternating Current ) Invention by Him.
Tesla Uses Induction Motors in their Electric Vehicles and AC motors are generally considered to be more powerful than DC motors because they can generate higher torque by using a more powerful current.
Thomas Alva Edison was a proponent of DC, which is not practical for distribution over long distances. Nikola Tesla advocated for AC. Edison and others mocked and discredited Nikola Tesla. Electricity would be very expensive and power generation of DC would create far greater pollution than AC generation does if the Edison System would have been adopted. Despite Edison’s efforts to push DC and discredit Tesla, AC was finally adopted.
Moreover, All electric motors are AC motors. The Tesla battery is high voltage DC, so no matter what form of motor, the power needs to be transformed into AC of varying frequency. Tesla does not use DC motors.
AC motor or alternating current motor is a three-phase motor that is powered by 240 volts alternating current. AC motors are widely used by EVs manufacturers particularly for high-performance vehicles.
Induction motors are cost-effective, low maintenance, and reliable motor. Tesla electric vehicles have induction motor within their vehicles. Nikola Tesla was the person who invented Induction Motors and I hope by now you would have understood "Why Nikola Tesla is one of the main reason behind the success of Tesla Motors and Elon Musk".
Now Let's Take a Deep Look into the Life of Nikola Tesla and his Inventions :
Tesla was a pioneer in electrical engineering. Tesla is most well-known for his contributions in AC electricity and for the Tesla coil. Tesla came up with the alternative current — the electrical supply system that was adopted more widely worldwide than Edison's.
- In 1895, Nikola Tesla designed the first AC hydroelectric power plants in the United States, All the wireless technology, wireless transmission of electricity, early cellphones was all possible only because of Tesla.
- But according to people and media, Nikola Tesla was not successful compared to Edison because Edison brought his stuff to market and made those inventions accessible to the world. Nikola Tesla was only good at inventions and not on Business. Another invention of Nikola Tesla was combined radio with a remote-control device. We now call it a robotic drone.
- Even though he was a great inventor, Nikola Tesla died Poor. His achievements remained incomplete.