Nikola Tesla’s Pierce Arrow Electric Car Battery (Cosmic Ray Motor) Is Nikola Tesla is John Galt from the 1956 book Atlas Shrugged II by Ayn Rand? “12 years ago I was an inventor, I invented a motor that draws its energy from the atmosphere. Like the man who discovered the use of steam or the man who discovered the use oil, I discovered a source of energy which was available since the birth of the globe.” Nikola Tesla is John Galt? – Atlas Shrugged II – “I invented a motor that draws its energy from the atmosphere, a perpetually running motor” Brooklyn Eagle 1931 “I have harnessed the cosmic rays caused them to operate a motive device” “25 years ago I began my efforts to harness the cosmic rays and I have succeeded” 1933 New York American, Device to Harness Cosmic Energy “power derived of the universe, cosmic energy, the sun present everywhere in unlimited quantities”. The Tesla electric “Back to the Future” car anecdote refers to a supposed Tesla invention described by a Peter Savo (nephew of Tesla), to one Derek Ahers on 9/16/1967. Savo said that Tesla took him to Buffalo, NY in 1931 and showed him a modified Pierce-Arrow car. Tesla had the stock gasoline engine replaced with a brushless AC motor run by a ‘cosmic energy receiver” and was driven 50 miles at speeds of up to 88 mph during an 8-day period. Other U.S. patents have been filed: (#3,811,058, #3,879,622, and #4,151,4310), for example, for motors that run exclusively on permanent energy, seemingly tapping into energy circulating through the earth’s magnetic field. The first two require a feedback network in order to be self-running. Years later, in 1933, he was more pointed in his remarks about the introduction of his fuel-less generator. In the Philadelphia Public Ledger of November 2, is an interview with Tesla under the headline: Tesla ‘Harnesses’ Cosmic Energy. In it he was asked whether the sudden introduction of his principle would upset the present economic system, Dr. Tesla replied, “It is badly upset already.” He added: “Now as never before was the time ripe for the development of new resources.” At a press conference to celebrate his 76th birthday, Tesla announced that he had invented a cosmic-ray motor.
In 1931, under the financing of Tesla Pierce-Arrow and George Westinghouse, a 1931 Pierce-Arrow was selected to be tested at the factory grounds in Buffalo, N.Y. The standard internal combustion engine was removed and an 80-H.P. 1800 r.p.m electric motor installed to the clutch and transmission. The A.C. motor measured 40 inches long and 30 inches in diameter and the power leads were left standing in the air – no external power source. At the appointed time, Nikola Tesla arrived from New York City and inspected the Pierce-Arrow automobile. He then went to a local radio store and purchased a handful of tubes, wires and assorted resistors. A box measuring 24 inches long, 12 inches wide and 6 inches high was assembled housing the circuit. The box was then placed on the front seat and had its wires connected to the air cooled, brushless motor. Two rods 1 /4″ in diameter stuck out of the box about 3″ in length. Mr. Tesla got into the driver’s seat, pushed the two rods in and stated, “We now have power.” He put the car into gear and it moved forward. This vehicle, powered by an A.C. motor, was driven to speeds of 90 m.p.h. and performed better than any internal combustion engine of its day. One week was spent testing the vehicle. Several newspapers in Buffalo reported this test. When asked where the power came from, Tesla replied, “From the ethers all around us.”… In the 1970’s, an inventor used an Ev-Gray generator, which intensified battery current, the voltage being induced to the field coils by a very simple programmer (sequencer). By allowing the motor to charge separate batteries as the device ran, phenomenally tiny currents were needed. The device was tested at the Crosby Research Institute of Beverly Hills, Ca., a 10- horsepower EMA motor ran for over a week (9 days) on four standard automobile batteries. The inventors estimated that a 50-horsepower electric motor could traverse 300 miles at 50 m.p.h. before needing a re-charge.
