Tesla Motors CEO Martin Eberhard is an electrical engineer, so he's qualified to describe the 284-horsepower 3-phase, 4-pole AC induction motor that will power the revolutionary Tesla Roadster.

We’re yet to try the upcoming Model 3 Performance, but we’ll update this section as soon as we have. It’ll have a dual-motor set-up, with Tesla claiming that the new drive unit will provide ...

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He pioneered AC generation and transmission technologies and built the first alternating current (AC) motor. He also invented the three-phase electric power transmission system. Tesla moved to the ...