What is Tesla: Definition and 170 Discussions

Tesla, Inc. is an American electric vehicle and clean energy company based in Palo Alto, California. Tesla's current products include electric cars, battery energy storage from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar roof tiles, as well as other related products and services. In 2020, Tesla had the highest sales in the plug-in and battery electric passenger car segments, capturing 16% of the plug-in market (which includes plug-in hybrids) and 23% of the battery-electric (purely electric) market. Through its subsidiary Tesla Energy, the company develops and is a major installer of solar photovoltaic energy generation systems in the United States. Tesla Energy is also one of the largest global suppliers of battery energy storage systems, with 3 GWh of battery storage supplied in 2020.
Founded in July 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning as Tesla Motors, the company's name is a tribute to inventor and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla. Elon Musk, who contributed most of the funding in the early days, has served as CEO since 2008. According to Musk, the purpose of Tesla is to help expedite the move to sustainable transport and energy, obtained through electric vehicles and solar power. Tesla began production of their first car model, the Roadster, in 2009. This was followed by the Model S sedan in 2012, the Model X SUV in 2015, the higher volume Model 3 sedan in 2017, and the Model Y crossover in 2020. The Model 3 is the world's all-time best-selling plug-in electric car, with more than 800,000 delivered through December 2020. Tesla's global vehicle sales were 499,550 units in 2020, a 35.8% increase over the previous year. In 2020, the company surpassed the 1 million mark of electric cars produced.
Tesla has been the subject of numerous lawsuits and controversies arising from statements and acts of CEO Elon Musk, allegations of creative accounting, allegations of whistleblower retaliation, alleged worker rights violations, and allegedly unresolved and dangerous technical problems with their products.

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  1. Ankhen

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    Hi. Is it posible to make an equation to solve this: How many horsepower does it takes to remove a magnet with the force of 1 tesla, from a piece of metal. ? The surface of the magnet and the surface of metal is the same size. I gues the angel of witch the magnet is being pulled affects the...
  2. B

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    I am making a small solid state tesla coil. I have the secondary coil, toroid and primary coil but am not sure what to do for a control circuit. I was planning on using two 9 volt batteries for power. Would a DC to Pulse Width Modulator work? This is the one I was thinking of -...
  3. Alex299792458

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    Since neutron stars have on of the strongest magnetic fields in the universe and a magnetar is neutron star with a super massive or large magnetic field, it most likely has the largest magnetic flux density in the universe so i was wondering what the Tesla was of a magnetar?
  4. anorlunda

    More on the Tesla Batteries (for use by Utilities)

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  5. A

    Help Needed: Building a Tesla Coil - No Arcs Coming Out Toroid

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  6. R

    Tesla Powerwall: Engineering Analysis

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  7. K

    Is Free Energy Possible Through Tesla's Discoveries?

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  8. W

    Latest News: Tesla Museum Development in Wardenclyffe, Long Island

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  9. J

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  10. Rajkovic

    Is Tesla's Concept of Infinite Expression Supported by Physics?

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  11. M

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  12. K

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  13. A

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  14. I

    Did Nikola Tesla use much math in his work?

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  15. I

    Was Nikola Tesla a little crazy or was it just the media?

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  16. I

    Did Nikola Tesla discover a way to harness free energy?

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  17. R

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  18. K

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  19. R

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  20. S

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  21. J

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  22. Manraj singh

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  23. R

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    Hello! Here is a small Tesla turbine: http://www.epicphysics.com/model-engine-kits/tesla-turbine-kit/ First of all, for some reason, he doesn't say how many PSI he puts in, to reach that 80-100K RPM goal. Does anyone have a crude estimation of the PSI? Would it be in the area of 1-10...
  24. L

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  25. J

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  26. T

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  27. E

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  28. C

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  29. P

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  30. russ_watters

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  31. D

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  32. J

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    I've decided my next car is going to be an electric. Never owned a fancy car before, so I was wondering why not this time. The short listed ones are BMW i3 and Tesla model S. Shortlisted based on cheaper model of a reputed brand. BMW i3 is not yet released. Anyone has any recommendations? I...
  33. S

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  34. BWV

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  35. Artlav

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  36. T

    Effects of doubled over Tesla Coil

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  37. M

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  38. T

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  39. S

    How did Tesla create such high frequency currents?

    I've read his book and he talks about AC current frequencies of incredibly high magnitudes. How was this achieved? Surely he did not just spin his dynamo really, really fast.
  40. S

    Nikola Tesla to be Canonized: Exploring the Possibility

    Well, I just read that Nikola Tesla could become a saint. It's in my native language so I translated it to English. Here's the link to the English version: http://followscience.blogspot.com/2012/07/tesla-to-be-canonised.html At the bottom of the post, you can find the link to the original text...
  41. T

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  42. P

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  43. I

    What Is With Tesla and Newton?

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  44. D

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  45. E

    Tesla circuit radio mining for electrically independent house?

    I remember a long time ago I read or watched something that talked about a guy that had a three story antenna and he was using a tesla based circuit to draw enough electrical power to power his household- for free. I recently ran across this [crackpot link deleted] nowwww, I also ran across...
  46. TestTubeGames

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  47. D

    How does the tesla coil work ?

    could you please give me an build structure or the standard model of it's blueprint. Thank you ... Be Ω Thik Ω ! :)
  48. O

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    On several occasions, I've seen the demonstration where a person holds a fluorescent light bulb up to a tesla coil, and it illuminates. And in general, demonstrators don't seem too worried by the sparks generated. But I was looking at this page, http://www.pupman.com/safety.htm and was...
  49. F

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    So, how do Oudin coils differ from Tesla coils, and how do they operate? All I have been able to determine is that the primary coil as well as the secondary coil is grounded, and that the primary and secondary seem to be one and the same, although I'm not even sure about that. Every website I...
  50. S

    Making 1 Tesla Electromagnet(need specification)

    HI I need to make a electromagnet(solenoid) of around 1 Tesla. I have power supply of around 40V to 50V DC. I want to make a device so that I can put it in my desk. Like around 40/50 cm size cube in which two such electromagnet will fit. I don't know what sized copper wire will be better for me...
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