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The Nikola Tesla electric car hoax is an anecdote that refers to a supposed Nikola Tesla invention described by Peter Savo, who claimed to be a nephew of Tesla, to Derek Ahers in 1967. Savo said that Tesla took him to Buffalo, New York in 1931 and showed him a modified Pierce-Arrow car. Aside from these exceptions, every other account of this purported demonstration automobile is based upon the Peter Savo story plus literary embellishment.

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rdfs:comment	The Nikola Tesla electric car hoax is an anecdote that refers to a supposed Nikola Tesla invention described by Peter Savo, who claimed to be a nephew of Tesla, to Derek Ahers in 1967. Savo said that Tesla took him to Buffalo, New York in 1931 and showed him a modified Pierce-Arrow car. Aside from these exceptions, every other account of this purported demonstration automobile is based upon the Peter Savo story plus literary embellishment. (en)
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has abstract	The Nikola Tesla electric car hoax is an anecdote that refers to a supposed Nikola Tesla invention described by Peter Savo, who claimed to be a nephew of Tesla, to Derek Ahers in 1967. Savo said that Tesla took him to Buffalo, New York in 1931 and showed him a modified Pierce-Arrow car. Tesla, according to the story, had removed the gasoline engine from the car and replaced it with a brushless AC electric motor. The motor was said to have been run by a "cosmic energy power receiver" consisting of a box measuring about 25 inches long by 10 inches wide by 6 inches high, containing 12 radio vacuum tubes and connected to a 6-foot-long (1.8 m) antenna. The car was said to have been driven for about 50 miles at speeds of up to 90 mph during an eight-day period. The story has received some debate because the car's propulsion system is said to have been invented by Tesla. No physical evidence has ever been produced confirming that the car actually existed.Tesla did not have a nephew by the name of Peter Savo, and Tesla's grand-nephew William Terbo considers the Tesla electric car story to be a fabrication. A number of web pages exist that perpetuate this tale. The continuous recycling of reactive power is not one of them for lack of verifiable evidence to prove otherwise. Yet, if it were powered (for the most part) by the reuse of reactive power, then this would require a thorough review of these anecdotes to determine if an extremely high Quality Factor is responsible for significantly offsetting power losses. Until any conclusive evidence is found, all we can do is engage in endless speculation as a form of mild entertainment. Aside from these exceptions, every other account of this purported demonstration automobile is based upon the Peter Savo story plus literary embellishment. (en)
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