Electric cars were once a proven method of transportation and
Nikola Tesla created his Tesla electric car as an alternative.
In the early day of the automobile electric propulsion was
considered safer, cleaner and more efficient than gasoline or
steam power. Many things have changed over the past nine
decades. Automobiles are now, for the most part, powered by some
derivative of refined petroleum. Electric cars are making a
comeback however, modern technology has created battery packs
that can power cars and provide a means of transportation for
short distances that does not require any fossil fuel to be
added to the vehicle. In reviewing the history of electric cars,
it is important to discuss the contribution made by Nikola
Tesla. Tesla Electric Car Tesla was a proponent of cosmic
electricity. Although he was the first to campaign for
alternating current, now known as a.c., Tesla had some vague
ideas and theories that were never quite translated into real
working and functioning machines. One of these may h