Nowadays, thanks to the backing of Elon Musk and his billions, “Tesla” has become a household word. Ask just about anyone, and you’ll likely be told that a “Tesla” is an electric car.
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Not so many know why.
The Tesla name was appropriated from the man who invented the world we live in today, where almost every aspect of our lives is powered by electricity. A man who lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and demonstrated the feasibility of his invention at a gold mine in the Rocky Mountains above Telluride.
That man was Nikola Tesla.
Born in Serbia on July 10, 1856, Tesla emigrated to America in 1884 and soon went to work for Thomas Edison’s invention factory.
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